''The Castle'' (french: Le Château) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by

Denys Desjardins Denys Desjardins (born 1966 in Montreal, Quebec), is a film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor and film historian for more than twenty years. After completing studies in literature, film and communications, he directed several acc ...

and released in 2020.Marc-André Lussier
"Le Château : vie et mort d’une châtelaine"
'' La Presse'', May 5, 2020. It profiles his mother Madeleine Ducharme, as she and her family confront the prospect of her having to move out of her independent living seniors' residence and into a managed

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long-term care facility due to her advancing

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. The film premiered in March 2020 at the

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,Yves Bergeras
"Le château de Denys Desjardins: l’envers du décor des résidences pour aînés"
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'', May 9, 2020. before its commercial distribution on

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's Illico platform in May. Ducharme died of

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between the time of the theatrical screening and the streaming premiere. In 2022 Desjardins released '' I Lost My Mom (J'ai placé ma mère)'', a sequel film which centred more on her final months in long-term care and her death.

Awards

The film received two

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in 2021, for Best Editing in a Documentary (Desjardins,

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) and Best Sound in a Documentary (Stéphane Barsalou, Claude Beaugrand, Julie Innes)."La déesse des mouches à feu se distingue au Gala Artisans Québec Cinéma"

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, June 3, 2021.

References

External links

* 2020 films 2020 documentary films Canadian documentary films Films directed by Denys Desjardins 2020s French-language films 2020s Canadian films Documentary films about dementia {{2020s-Canada-documentary-film-stub