Luc Courchesne

Five «cinematographic letters» by five filmmakers addressed to individuals with whom it was impossible to correspond in real life. Filmed in a combination of Super-8, video and 16mm in New York, Boston, San Francisco, and Montreal, the five episodes are, Letter to an Unborn Child, Letter to a Romantic Ideal, Letter to an Innocent Victim, Letter to a Suicide, and Letter to the Unknown.

Trying to describe oneself is a movie about representation. How it is possible, through film, to describe oneself and describe others. With the camera as mirror and third eye. At first, a collage-like combination of letter-writing, investigation and journey, something between documentary and feature film. Finally, a portrait of Boris Lehman from 1989 to 1995, part II of BABEL.

A mother who must overcome the pain of seeing her son victim of bullying is link to another woman.

A passerby is casually drawn into a corridor and encouraged to walk toward an exit. Along the way, voices and images repeatedly tempt him with promises of escape and pleasure, though each invitation reveals itself to be only another image.

Five «cinematographic letters» by five filmmakers addressed to individuals with whom it was impossible to correspond in real life. Filmed in a combination of Super-8, video and 16mm in New York, Boston, San Francisco, and Montreal, the five episodes are, Letter to an Unborn Child, Letter to a Romantic Ideal, Letter to an Innocent Victim, Letter to a Suicide, and Letter to the Unknown.

A passerby is casually drawn into a corridor and encouraged to walk toward an exit. Along the way, voices and images repeatedly tempt him with promises of escape and pleasure, though each invitation reveals itself to be only another image.