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Nadia Louis-Desmarchais

Director

Works on

Troubled Water represents the heart of one of my biggest questions about the nature of human beings and the, unfortunately, too frequent takeover of men using women’s bodies. This story of two cousins is one of souvenirs and silence, and of innocence and its loss. This universal film is the culmination of my reflections on the importance of memory, human contact, and words.


Country: Canada

T-Port Partner: Montréal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC)

Webpage: https://vimeo.com/user121037770

Nadia Louis-Desmarchais is a black female director who is graduating this year from the Université du Québec à Montréal with a bachelor’s degree in film production. She has directed Rated X, her first thought-provoking documentary, which was selected for 2020 editions of RVQC, Filministes, and Erotic Art Festival. Raconte-Moi mon corps, also directed by the young filmmaker, will also be part of the official selection of this year’s edition of RVQC 2021 and Filministes. With a deep and strong sensibility in her artistic approach, Nadia Louis-Desmarchais is eager to launch herself into the professional sphere to write and direct intimate scripts that, according to her, give cinema its universal power. She recently finished shooting her first short fiction film Troubled Water.

Project in development

Filmography on T-Port

Troubled Water

Lila goes to her grandmother's to spend the weekend where she meets her cousin Maxime...