World Premiere
Luc, a weathered corpse mover, is called upon to the scene of a suicide.
Jean-Michel Anctil, Mikhail Ahooja, Michel Mpambara, Léa Girard Nadeau, Laurence Trudelle, Sophie Dion
Canada
2025
In French with English subtitles
Graphic violence, self harm, drug & alcohol abuse
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Credits & Director
Producer
Denise Payette, Raymond Lavoie, Émile Lavoie, Camille Mongeau, Gustave Dufresne
Screenwriter
Émile Lavoie, Camille Mongeau
Cinematography
Evangelos Desborough
Editor
Louis Chevalier Dagenais
Original Music
Théo Porcet
Art Director
Mathilde Donnard, Philippe Gauvin
Emile Lavoie
Émile Lavoie is a Montreal-based director, screenwriter, and producer. He founded Martine aimait les films in 2016 after studying film at UQAM. His first short, Mourir en silence (2022) earned more than 27 festival selections and eight awards, including two at Fantasia. Living Grounds (2025) is his second short film.
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