Paddling a kayak on a Quebec lake, a woman remembers her son and the first time he saw himself in a mirror. Having been able to accompany him in this event, the reminiscence brings her great joy. Mireille Dansereau has produced a personal film in which the autobiographical dimension cohabits with an exploratory treatment of light, space and memory traces.
What do we know about childhood other than the constructions we make of it? A little girl died inside the day her father left. As an adult, she is still there, frozen, stuck in the sand, ready to dissolve in the storm of her childhood. But is he really gone? Can memory lie to us? A film where characters from the past are transformed into actors in the present. A cinematic essay, based on images that the filmmaker has filmed over the years and family archives dating from the 1940s, all shot in the same place, on the same beach in Old Orchard, Maine, USA.
Mireille Dansereau (born December 19, 1943) is a Canadian director and screenwriter who is known for "emulating the style and approach of her aesthetic role model, John Cassavetes". She received several accolades throughout her film career which spans over 50 years.
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