This documentary recounts filmmaker Pierre Sidaoui’s immigration journey from the small Lebanese town of Abey to Montreal, the city he now calls home. Sidaoui had a carefree childhood, but civil war forced him and his family to flee Lebanon in 1982, the first in a series of moves that would ultimately separate him from his parents, brother and sisters. Two decades later, Sidaoui pauses to reflect. His precious family photos, carefully kept in a shoebox, bring forth a flood of memories - of family, landscapes, music and war. A touching meditation on the pursuit of happiness and the immigrant experience.
Cast
Crew
Richard Lavoie
Location Sound Recordist
Pierre Sidaoui
Director, Writer
Dominique Sicotte
Editor
François Vincelette
Director of Photography, Still Photographer
Ryofa Chung
Assistant Director
Éric Michel
Producer
Pierre Lapchapelle
Assistant Camera
André Chaput
Sound Editor
Diane Carrière
Additional Sound Re-Recordist
Lise Wedlock
Foley Artist
Geoffrey Mitchell
Foley Recordist
Ganesh Anandan
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