Bernard Émond (born 1951) is a Canadian

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, novelist and essayist working in the

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. He studied anthropology at university and lived for several years in the Canadian north where he worked for the

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. He began his film career making documentaries, later moving to feature-length films, all of which have been shot in Quebec. He is noted for the humanistic, sometimes spiritual depth of his films, in particular his trilogy of feature films (2007, 2009, 2012) based on the three Christian virtues, faith, hope, and charity. Other themes in his work include human dignity and frailty, and cultural loss. He describes himself as an agnostic and a "conservative socialist."« Bernard Émond: gratitude et engagement », sur www.lapresse.ca, 12 janvier 2017 (consulté le 16 janvier 2017) Bernard Émond is married to Catherine Martin, also a Quebec film director. They live in Montreal.

Filmography

Director and writer

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

: '' Ceux qui ont le pas léger meurent sans laisser de traces'' *

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

: '' L'instant et la patience'' *

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

: '' La Terre des autres'' *

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

: '' L'épreuve du feu'' *

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

: '' Le Temps et le lieu'' *

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

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The Woman Who Drinks ''The Woman Who Drinks'' (french: La Femme qui boit) is a Canadian drama film, released in 2001. Written and directed by Bernard Émond, the film stars Élise Guilbault as a woman struggling with alcoholism. Synopsis The film's cast also include ...

(La Femme qui boit)'' *

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

: '' 8:17 p.m. Darling Street (20h17 rue Darling)'' *

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

: ''

The Novena ''The Novena'' (french: La Neuvaine) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Bernard Émond and released in 2005. An exploration of faith, the film centres on the interaction between Jeanne ( Élise Guilbault), an atheist doctor who is suffering fro ...

(La Neuvaine)'' * 2007 : '' Summit Circle (Contre toute espérance)'' *

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

: ''

The Legacy The Legacy may refer to: * '' Le Legs'' or ''The Legacy'', a play by Pierre de Marivaux * The Legacy (professional wrestling), a former professional wrestling faction in World Wrestling Entertainment * ''The Legacy'' (album), an album by Testament ...

(La Donation)'' *

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

: ''

All That You Possess ''All That You Possess'' (french: Tout ce que tu possèdes) is a Canadian drama film, released in 2012. Written and directed by Bernard Émond, the film stars Patrick Drolet as Pierre Leduc, a doctoral student and university lecturer in Quebec Cit ...

(Tout ce que tu possèdes)'' *

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

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The Diary of an Old Man ''The Diary of an Old Man'' (french: Le Journal d’un vieil homme) is a 2015 drama film directed by Bernard Émond. It is based on the Anton Chekhov short story "A Dreary Story" (alternatively titled in English "A Boring Story" or "A Dull Story") ...

(Journal d'un vieil homme)'' * 2018 : '' A Place to Live (Pour vivre ici)''

Producer

: '' Octobre'' (''October'')

Awards and recognition

* 2009: Youth Jury Special Award and Environment is Quality of Life Award, Don Quixote Award,

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, ''The Legacy (La Donation''; nomination, Golden Leopard. * 2009: Genie Award for Best Screenplay, Original, ''The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre)'';

Jutra Award The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.Jutra Award The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.Jutra Award The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.Locarno International Film Festival The Locarno Film Festival is an annual film festival, held every August in Locarno, Switzerland. Founded in 1946, the festival screens films in various competitive and non-competitive sections, including feature-length narrative, documentary, sh ...

, ''The Novena (La Neuvaine)''; Nomination, Golden Leopard * 2002: Nomination,

Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Achievement in Direction to the best work by a director of a Canadian film.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Award ...

, ''The Woman Who Drinks (La Femme qui boit)'' * 2001: Nomination, Golden Bayard,

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International Film Festival, ''The Woman Who Drinks (La Femme qui boit)''

Publications

* 20h17 rue Darling, Montréal, (Québec), Canada, Lux Éditeur, 2005, 128 p. (). English translation by John Gilmore, 8:17 pm, rue Darling, Toronto, (Ontario), Canada, Guernica Editions, 2014, 133 p. () * Aani la bavarde, avec Fabien Merelle, Namur, Belgique, Éditions Didier Hatier, 2007, 77 p. () * Aani la bavarde, PLAYBAC (March 29, 1999), French, , * La Neuvaine : Scénario et regards croisés, Montréal, (Québec), Canada, Éditions Les 400 coups, 2008 () * Il y a trop d'images : Textes épars 1993–2010, Montréal, (Québec), Canada, Lux Éditeur, 2011, 123 p. () * Tout ce que tu possèdes : Scénario et regards croisés, Montréal, (Québec), Canada, Lux Éditeur, 2012, 144 p. () * Camarade, ferme ton poste : Et autres textes, Montréal, (Québec), Canada, Lux Éditeur, 2017, 160 p. ()

References

External links

Official website
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Biography at Coop Video of Montreal (English)

Bernard Émond
at the

National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; french: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary f ...

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