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La goddam voie lactée

World Premiere

La goddam voie lactée

Mélanie Demers, Jérémie Battaglia

Canada | 2021 | 19 min
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This film will be presented during the event La Nuit de la danse on March 16, 2023 at Théâtre Outremont.

La goddam voie lactée is an adaptation of the choreographic work by Mélanie Demers. Launched in June 2021 at the Festival TransAmérique, the piece has had an impressive trajectory. Filmed by the eye of Jérémie Battaglia, this small aesthetic big bang projects us into the imperfect and infinite universe to which we belong and in which we choose to continue, together, despite everything. Because after all, to despair together is already to hope a little.

In presence of the film crew on March 16, 2023 at Théâtre Outremont in Montreal
Director Jérémie Battaglia, Mélanie Demers
Script Mélanie Demers, Jérémie Battaglia
Director of Photography Sandrine Maltais
Production MAYDAY
Production Manager Alice Renucci, Bernard Dubreuil
Artistic Direction Alexia Roc, Alexandre Lechasseur-Dubé
Make Up Artist Victor Bertrand-Ouellette
Editing Marin-Lafond Guillaume
Camera Adèle Foglia
Choreography Mélanie Demers
Sound Stéphane Barsalou, Daniel Toussaint
Sound mixing Daniel Toussaint
Costumes Olivia Watson, Alexia Roc, Alexandre Lechasseur-Dubé
Decoration Tim Bouvette, Charles-David Roc
Manager Charlotte Legault
Music Frannie Holder
Rehearser Anne-Marie Jourdenais
Designer Harrison Fun
Other Assurances Legault, Samuel Wilde, Alexandra Shaporina, Nicolas Desilus, Florelle Del Burgo, Vincent Bombardier, Evelyne Benoit

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• Théâtre Outremont
Thursday, march 16, 2023, 06:00 p.m. — 12:00 a.m.
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Mélanie Demers

Mélanie Demers

A multidisciplinary artist, Mélanie Demers founded in Montreal her own dance company, MAYDAY, in 2007, exploring the powerful link between the poetical and the political. She deepened her engagement with cross-genre works and hybrid forms. Her fascination with the interplay between word and gesture crystallized with WOULD (2015), which won the CALQ Prize for best choreography. Combining theatricality, literature, music and visual arts, a new cycle begins in 2021 with the creation of the works La Goddam Voie Lactée, Confession Publique and Cabaret Noir. In 2022, she turns toward theater and signed the direction of the piece Déclarations by author Jordan Tannahill. In 2021, Mélanie Demers received the GRAND PRIX de la danse de Montréal, which recognizes the unique mark she left on her era.

Biographical notes provided by the film production team
Jérémie Battaglia

Jérémie Battaglia

Available in French only

Réalisateur franco-canadien basé à Montréal où il a cofondé la maison de production Extérieur Jour, Jérémie Battaglia se définit comme un admirateur des héros ordinaires. Dans ses films, il s’intéresse aux thèmes de l’adversité, du corps et ses limites, comme dans Parfaites, Le Frère (prix iris du meilleur court métrage documentaire en 2022) et La somme de nos rêves. Dès ses débuts, avec le court métrage documentaire musical Casseroles, sur les manifestations étudiantes de 2012, il cherche à explorer la forme de son médium, via notamment des collaborations avec des artistes d’autres arts, comme l’animation, le théâtre, la danse et la musique. Il travaille aujourd’hui sur deux projets de films, Fragments d’une jeunesse française, une coproduction avec la France ainsi que Adonis en collaboration avec Télé Québec.

Biographical notes provided by the film production team
Fragments d’une jeunesse française (2023)
La Somme de nos rêves (2022)
La goutte de trop (2021)
Le frère (2020)

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