Pierre Falardeau (born on December 12, 1946 in Montreal) is a Quebec film and documentary director, an intellectual, pamphleteer and renown radical Quebec independence activist.
Profile
Falardeau studied anthropology at university; he briefly was a teacher of the subject. In the 60's, he got involved in the inependentist Rassemblement pour l'indépendance nationale. A passionate believer in the struggle for Quebec independence, something that in present in most of his films, his interests also lie in many international struggles for national independence and decolonization; this brought him notably to film a documentary on the Algerian people. He occasionally publishes in the Le Couac independent newspaper. A well known trait of his is his mixing of intellectual reflexion with a popular, Joual and sometimes coarse language. Partly because of the direct, colurful, sardonic and explosive nature of his style, he is often sought after for on-air opinions by the media.
Filmography
- Continuons le combat (1971)
- À mort (1972)
- Les Canadiens sont là (1973)
- Le Magra (1975)
- A Force de courage (1977)
- Pea Soup (1978)
- Speak White (1980)
- Elvis Gratton (1981)
- Les Vacances d'Elvis Gratton (1983)
- Pas encore Elvis Gratton (1985)
- Elvis Gratton, le king des kings (1985)
- Le Party (1989)
- Le Steak (1992)
- Le Temps des bouffons (1993)
- Octobre (1994)
- Elvis Gratton 2 (Miracle à Memphis) (1999)
- 15 février 1839 (2001)
- Elvis Gratton XXX: La revanche d'Elvis Wong (2004)
Bibliography
- Le temps des bouffons (1994)
- Octobre (1994)
- Cinq intellectuels sur la place publique (1995)
- Je me souverain (1995)
- Trente lettres pour un oui (1995)
- La liberté n'est pas une marque de yogourt (1995)
- 15 février 1839 (1996)
- Elvis Gratton, le livre (1999)
- Les boeufs sont lents mais la terre est patiente (1999)
- Elvis Gratton 2: Miracle à Memphis, le livre (2000)
- 15 février 1839: Photos de tournage (2001)
- Le party (2001)
- Presque tout Pierre Faladreau (2001)
- Québec libre! (2004)
See also
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