Manor (film)

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Manor
French Manoir
Directed by Martin Fournier
Pier-Luc Latulippe
Written byMartin Fournier
Pier-Luc Latulippe
Produced byMartin Fournier
Pier-Luc Latulippe
Cinematography Olivier Tétreault
Edited by Jean-François Lord
Production
company
Cheval Films
Release date
  • November 20, 2015 (2015-11-20)(RIDM)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Manor (French : Manoir) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Martin Fournier and Pier-Luc Latulippe and released in 2015. [1] The film profiles the residents of Gaulin Manor, a onetime hotel in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, which has been converted into a transitional housing facility for former psychiatric patients who remain at risk of homelessness, but is about to be closed and demolished for redevelopment. [2]

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The film premiered at the 2015 Montreal International Documentary Festival, [3] before going into commercial release in 2016. [2]

Awards

At RIDM, the film received an honorable mention from the Magnus Isaccson Award jury. [4]

The film won the Prix Iris for Best Documentary Film at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2017. [5] It was also a nominee for Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Olivier Tétreault) and Best Editing in a Documentary (Jean-François Lord). [6]

The film was the winner of the 2017 Prix collégial du cinéma québécois. [7]

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