Montreal, September 23, 2006

PRESS RELEASE

"Why Say It? " presented in preview at the ONF’s Cinérobothèque

About fifty guests were present Wednesday evening, September 21, 2006, to attend the private preview of the first full-length film of Helene Duchesneau, "Why Say It?" The enthusiastic public’s reaction far exceeded the hopes of Équivoque, the small Production Company, for which it was also the first experience. After the screening, the guests shared their impressions and several started to wonder about the relationship in their own couple. Indeed, the film deals with the doubts, the fears and the choices of two couples in their midlife crisis. The play acting, entirely improvised, is of a seizing truth. Extracts of real testimonies nourishes the spectator’s reflexion and are integrated to act as an internal dialogue. The music, composed by Marc Poellhuber, assisted by Jonathan Tortolano’s violoncello improvisations also received very good reviews. The music, an invisible actor as the camera, helped the spectators withdraw from the emotional reactions of the characters.

The evening was mainly dedicated to the nineteen actors who invested themselves without reserve. Let us mention Sylvie Legault, Jacques Drolet, Sébastien Dhavernas, Graziella Mossa, Marie-Noël Mainguy and Denis Sénéchal who were pleasantly surprised to find a fine and clear thread among the 35 hours of shooting material. From the beginning, the project aimed on the quality of the play acting. This preview permitted us to have a better measure of its impact and accuracy on a wide screen. The fundamental premise of this movie was that talent should take precedence over technique.

This film was shot with our personal budget and a government grant of $2,000. Today, technical means allows free expression for the creators, but one still finds few examples of such companies who carry out their projects to its full term. With a consumer type camera (Canon ZR10), Canadian Tire lightings and 3 years of editing at home, Hélène Duchesneau succeeded in creating a drama with Shakespearian’s connotations that captivated the audience and made them laugh and cry from the beginning to the end. This creation is now finalized and Équivoque is discussing with the local distributors to organize a theatre viewing.

Équivoque

Read France Duval’s (journalist and scriptwriter) and Pierre Schneider’s (journalist and author) comments.