Robert Morin

Robert Morin

Nascimento : 1949-05-20, Montreal, Quebec

História

Robert Morin is known for his very personal, dark, and pessimistic "interior views" of family, crime, law enforcement, and human suffering. He studied Literature and Communications and in 1971 began to work as a cameraman, joining ORTQ in Rimouski, where he directed films and videos. In 1977, with a group of friends and colleagues, Morin founded La Coopérative de Production Vidéo de Montréal where he continues to produce his own work. After creating close to 30 short films with his colleagues over 10 years, he directed his first feature length film Tristesse modèle réduit in 1987. His film Requiem pour un beau sans-coeur was nominated for the Genie Awards for Best Motion Picture and Best Director. Morin continues to create films that are honored with awards from all around the world.

Perfil

Robert Morin

Filmes

7 landscapes
Director
A series of static shots repeated throughout the seasons slices and builds an anonymous forest with a river winding through it. Using remarkably precise sound, this film immerses us in a place with fauna that flourishes and flora that expresses itself through interactions with the elements. Eventually, a discrete human presence is felt within this natural setting, and the filmed landscapes gradually change before our eyes, alluding to a higher power that could upset the balance. With this carefully constructed, surprising and minimalist film, Robert Morin blurs boundaries and reminds us that reality is always fabricated in cinema.
Girlfriends
Driver
In the early 2000s, following her return from a long stay abroad, Amélie invites her friends, Maude and Pascale, to a cottage. In a disturbing and isolated forest, Amélie tries to reconnect with her friend Maude, while the rivalry between her and Pascale takes a dark turn.
Infiltration
Voisin
A well-respected plastic surgeon dedicated to helping patients with severe burns questions his career, his family…his perfect life and ultimately, his sanity when an encounter with a disgruntled patient triggers a psychological spiral no one can control.
Infiltration
Writer
A well-respected plastic surgeon dedicated to helping patients with severe burns questions his career, his family…his perfect life and ultimately, his sanity when an encounter with a disgruntled patient triggers a psychological spiral no one can control.
Infiltration
Director
A well-respected plastic surgeon dedicated to helping patients with severe burns questions his career, his family…his perfect life and ultimately, his sanity when an encounter with a disgruntled patient triggers a psychological spiral no one can control.
Tuktuq
Sent in Nunavik by a Deputy Minister, a cameraman who befriended the inhabitants of a small village realizes that the material he shot along the way will be used against the Natives to deport them.
Un paradis pour tous
Director
Un paradis pour tous is a satirical comedy about tax evasion.
Pinocchio
Cinematography
Eric toured the world, he worked on boats. It seems to live the life he always dreamed when he was imprisoned in Brazil, awaiting deportation to Canada. Between the calls to the Embassy, ​​the unexpected intervention of a stranger seeking to incriminate him and the announcement of the news to distraught parents, PINOCCHIO gradually pierces the mystery surrounding Éric over conversations, memories Travel to South America and confidences.
3 Indian Tales
Director
In this ensemble film, Shayne travels back and forth between a sleepy hamlet and a mining town while listening to classical music, Alicia, Shandy Eve and Marie Claude worship the holy martyr, Kateri Tekakwitha, together, and Erik builds a crude TV transmitter out of spare parts. Three stories spread over four seasons that sketch a new generation of Indians who are less resigned than their parents, for better and for worse.
The 4 Soldiers
Screenplay
A climate of civil war, a fight that has made them lose everything including their youth, four soldiers aged 13 to 20 years, will meet and build friendships. In the grip of an adult conflict, which they do not understand, Matéo, Dominique, Big Max and Kevin will keep recreating, round a pond and a cabin, a family.
The 4 Soldiers
Director
A climate of civil war, a fight that has made them lose everything including their youth, four soldiers aged 13 to 20 years, will meet and build friendships. In the grip of an adult conflict, which they do not understand, Matéo, Dominique, Big Max and Kevin will keep recreating, round a pond and a cabin, a family.
Mesnak
Writer
Dave, an urban aboriginal in his early twenties, is a Montreal actor. His adoption at the age of 3 has erased all memory of his Native culture. When he receives his first-ever contact with his biological mother through a photo in the mail, Dave leaves for Kinogamish, the reserve where he was born. The reunion does not unfold as expected and Dave becomes disoriented, confronted with a world that seems hostile and foreign. His unplanned return to this desolate community causes upheavals and chain reactions, while dredging up a painful past scarred by secrets and lies.
The Diary of a Volunteer
Director of Photography
Jean-Marc Phaneuf, an unmarried electrical engineer, travels to Burundi as a volunteer for the NGO Radio du Monde. He finds a country ruined by grinding poverty, famine, war, disease and appalling social inequality. At the same time, he meets a joyful, brave people hungry for happiness, knowledge and human dignity. The camera that becomes his personal diary also helps Jean-Marc expose the shaky, ineffective workings of NGOs. His investigations turn up a few praiseworthy examples of international cooperation, but on the whole he finds himself drawn to a terrible, inescapable conclusion: humanitarian aid is a utopian mirage. After falling victim to an attack and losing whatever ideals he still had, Jean-Marc becomes entangled in an impossible relationship. He is ultimately forced to leave Africa in disgrace.
The Diary of a Volunteer
Writer
Jean-Marc Phaneuf, an unmarried electrical engineer, travels to Burundi as a volunteer for the NGO Radio du Monde. He finds a country ruined by grinding poverty, famine, war, disease and appalling social inequality. At the same time, he meets a joyful, brave people hungry for happiness, knowledge and human dignity. The camera that becomes his personal diary also helps Jean-Marc expose the shaky, ineffective workings of NGOs. His investigations turn up a few praiseworthy examples of international cooperation, but on the whole he finds himself drawn to a terrible, inescapable conclusion: humanitarian aid is a utopian mirage. After falling victim to an attack and losing whatever ideals he still had, Jean-Marc becomes entangled in an impossible relationship. He is ultimately forced to leave Africa in disgrace.
The Diary of a Volunteer
Director
Jean-Marc Phaneuf, an unmarried electrical engineer, travels to Burundi as a volunteer for the NGO Radio du Monde. He finds a country ruined by grinding poverty, famine, war, disease and appalling social inequality. At the same time, he meets a joyful, brave people hungry for happiness, knowledge and human dignity. The camera that becomes his personal diary also helps Jean-Marc expose the shaky, ineffective workings of NGOs. His investigations turn up a few praiseworthy examples of international cooperation, but on the whole he finds himself drawn to a terrible, inescapable conclusion: humanitarian aid is a utopian mirage. After falling victim to an attack and losing whatever ideals he still had, Jean-Marc becomes entangled in an impossible relationship. He is ultimately forced to leave Africa in disgrace.
The Diary of a Volunteer
Jean-Marc Phaneuf
Jean-Marc Phaneuf, an unmarried electrical engineer, travels to Burundi as a volunteer for the NGO Radio du Monde. He finds a country ruined by grinding poverty, famine, war, disease and appalling social inequality. At the same time, he meets a joyful, brave people hungry for happiness, knowledge and human dignity. The camera that becomes his personal diary also helps Jean-Marc expose the shaky, ineffective workings of NGOs. His investigations turn up a few praiseworthy examples of international cooperation, but on the whole he finds himself drawn to a terrible, inescapable conclusion: humanitarian aid is a utopian mirage. After falling victim to an attack and losing whatever ideals he still had, Jean-Marc becomes entangled in an impossible relationship. He is ultimately forced to leave Africa in disgrace.
Clouds over the City
Michel
Jean-Paul is a public servant, tired of toiling at his soul-destroying job. As a writer, he feels out of touch with the times and longs for inspiration.
Papa à la chasse aux lagopèdes
Director
May God Bless America
Writer
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, six people become suspicious about a stranger in their neighborhood.
May God Bless America
Director
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, six people become suspicious about a stranger in their neighborhood.
Petit Pow Pow Noël
Editor
A man visits his elderly handicapped father on Christmas Eve with the intention of putting him on trial for crimes against his family and then executing him.
Petit Pow Pow Noël
Cinematography
A man visits his elderly handicapped father on Christmas Eve with the intention of putting him on trial for crimes against his family and then executing him.
Petit Pow Pow Noël
Producer
A man visits his elderly handicapped father on Christmas Eve with the intention of putting him on trial for crimes against his family and then executing him.
Petit Pow Pow Noël
Writer
A man visits his elderly handicapped father on Christmas Eve with the intention of putting him on trial for crimes against his family and then executing him.
Petit Pow Pow Noël
A man visits his elderly handicapped father on Christmas Eve with the intention of putting him on trial for crimes against his family and then executing him.
Petit Pow Pow Noël
Director
A man visits his elderly handicapped father on Christmas Eve with the intention of putting him on trial for crimes against his family and then executing him.
Le nèg'
Policier identification
In the middle of the night, in the Québec countryside, all hell breaks loose as a black teenager is caught smashing a racially denigrating lawn ornament. Together the neighbours attend to justice against the vandal. Thorough the night there is mounting racism, fueled by alcohol, and violence. Le Nèg' opens the morning after when the police investigators arrive at the scene to take depositions.
Le nèg'
Writer
In the middle of the night, in the Québec countryside, all hell breaks loose as a black teenager is caught smashing a racially denigrating lawn ornament. Together the neighbours attend to justice against the vandal. Thorough the night there is mounting racism, fueled by alcohol, and violence. Le Nèg' opens the morning after when the police investigators arrive at the scene to take depositions.
Le nèg'
Director
In the middle of the night, in the Québec countryside, all hell breaks loose as a black teenager is caught smashing a racially denigrating lawn ornament. Together the neighbours attend to justice against the vandal. Thorough the night there is mounting racism, fueled by alcohol, and violence. Le Nèg' opens the morning after when the police investigators arrive at the scene to take depositions.
Operation Cobra
Director
A Film crew is documenting the behavior patterns of two mock-commando units comprised of adolescent boys admist a paintball war, while they search for hidden prototype of a revolutionary military weapon in the Boreal forest. The rivaling teams are requipped with only basic supplies of food and water, a compass and a map as means of surviving in the deep woods. The boys have almost no experience or survival skills and face increasingly difficult situations, including a frightening night filled with the howls of hunting wolves. Tensions rise and the boys become increasingly confrontational and soon turn their aggressions towards the film crew... leaving these young men thinking that this is more than just a game.
The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge
Headhunter
Christophe agrees to be filmed by his roommate Stéphane, while he is searching for a meaningful engineering job. Since he voluntarily resigned his job when he was to be moved to quality control, he does not get unemployment benefits, and goes to classes on how to contest the decision.
Whoever Dies, Dies in Pain
Director
A botched police raid on a crack house turns into a 36 hour long siege in which the junkies share their perspective to the cameraman of a reality program.
Rocky Mountains
Director
This video by Morin is one of the 69 short videos from a collective project entitled 1837 Seconds For Independence intitiated by Coop Vidéo de Montréal.
Windigo
Director
Native Americans clash with the Canadian government as they struggle for independence in this factual Canadian drama set in Quebec during the summer of 1990. Eddie Laroche, a rebellious native leader spawned a national crises when he and his supporters declared the independence of Aki territory in a far-flung area of northern Quebec. He refused to negotiate without the presences of television cameras to record his people's plight. Jean Fontaine was the reporter assigned to the story and much of the film is told from his viewpoint. To reach Laroche's land, negotiators, government officials, and the film crew had to travel by boat. Fontaine is initially cynical and reluctant to do the story, but after he spends time on the boat interviewing it's passengers, his cynicism has dissolves and he realizes he is faced with the presentations of a terribly complex situation. His dilemma provides a main focus for the film.
Yes Sir! Madame...
Earl Tremblay
The son of a French-speaking father and an English-speaking mother, Earl Tremblay is in the throes of an identity crisis. In an attempt to resolve it, he examines his past, his present and even his future through the lens of a camera. While screening the 19 rolls of film he's shot, he comments on his social ascent and unwittingly reveals his dual personality. Known by its working title, Double Face, Yes Sir! Madame... is the result of work carried out over several years.
Yes Sir! Madame...
Writer
The son of a French-speaking father and an English-speaking mother, Earl Tremblay is in the throes of an identity crisis. In an attempt to resolve it, he examines his past, his present and even his future through the lens of a camera. While screening the 19 rolls of film he's shot, he comments on his social ascent and unwittingly reveals his dual personality. Known by its working title, Double Face, Yes Sir! Madame... is the result of work carried out over several years.
Yes Sir! Madame...
Director
The son of a French-speaking father and an English-speaking mother, Earl Tremblay is in the throes of an identity crisis. In an attempt to resolve it, he examines his past, his present and even his future through the lens of a camera. While screening the 19 rolls of film he's shot, he comments on his social ascent and unwittingly reveals his dual personality. Known by its working title, Double Face, Yes Sir! Madame... is the result of work carried out over several years.
Requiem for a Handsome Bastard
Writer
Despite the fact that he is completely unrepentant about his crimes, when Regis Savoie's son asks to visit him, prison authorities grant permission for the boy to come. The thief and murderer (Gildor Roy) takes advantage of the moment of his son's arrival to steal a gun and take flight. He settles some old scores, gets together with his girlfriend, and heads for the hills, pursued by a detective who is not to be swayed in his efforts to follow and recapture him.
Requiem for a Handsome Bastard
Director
Despite the fact that he is completely unrepentant about his crimes, when Regis Savoie's son asks to visit him, prison authorities grant permission for the boy to come. The thief and murderer (Gildor Roy) takes advantage of the moment of his son's arrival to steal a gun and take flight. He settles some old scores, gets together with his girlfriend, and heads for the hills, pursued by a detective who is not to be swayed in his efforts to follow and recapture him.
Preliminary Notes For a Western
Director
What are the necessary elements to produce a good western? To set the stage ironically for action involving all the usual characters : the good guy, the sheriff, the bad guy and the belle. Seen here in their first roles, the players in this video come from a region of Alberta, where cowboys are born and bred. They need not look too far from everyday life to draw inspiration for a classical western...
The Reception
Screenplay
The Reception takes place in an isolated mansion on an island, but the host is mysteriously absent. A storm traps everyone inside, and the atmosphere turns sour when it is revealed, by way of a video, that each of the guests has a criminal past. A death ensues, and then another... the mansion quickly turns into a jail. Inspired by Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians.
The Reception
Director of Photography
The Reception takes place in an isolated mansion on an island, but the host is mysteriously absent. A storm traps everyone inside, and the atmosphere turns sour when it is revealed, by way of a video, that each of the guests has a criminal past. A death ensues, and then another... the mansion quickly turns into a jail. Inspired by Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians.
The Reception
Robert
The Reception takes place in an isolated mansion on an island, but the host is mysteriously absent. A storm traps everyone inside, and the atmosphere turns sour when it is revealed, by way of a video, that each of the guests has a criminal past. A death ensues, and then another... the mansion quickly turns into a jail. Inspired by Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians.
The Reception
Director
The Reception takes place in an isolated mansion on an island, but the host is mysteriously absent. A storm traps everyone inside, and the atmosphere turns sour when it is revealed, by way of a video, that each of the guests has a criminal past. A death ensues, and then another... the mansion quickly turns into a jail. Inspired by Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians.
The Woman From Elsewhere
Director
At the age of twelve Helena Valero was kidnapped by the Yanomami Indians, with whom she spent 24 years in Brazil's Oneroque Basin. Upon returning to her own people in Manaus, she was rejected because of her children's mixed blood.
Scale Model Sadness
Director
Jeannot has Down’s Syndrome. Living in a claustrophobic suburban setting, he is treated like a child by his parents and denied any responsibilities of his own. Things change when a young woman named Pauline is hired to take care of Jeannot, and his world opens up beyond the restrictive one imposed upon him.
Moments Before the New Year
Director
A mentally deficient man spends New Year's Eve in front of the television in his dingy rooming house, in the company of his landlord. The two spend the evening drinking and watching a ten-year summary of global catastrophes before the ominous programming is capped-off with well wishes for the New Year.
The Thief Lives in Hell
Director
A man loses his job and starts to tumble. Social assistance awaits him at the first level, a poor neighborhood in the second. In the third, the wildlife of its neighbors affects its mental state. Believing that he has hallucinations in relation to those around him and to restore his objective banality, he begins to film him, secretly, like a thief, from the window of his slum. Once developed, rather than reassuring him, the films will make him go from disarray to psychosis.
Evil Madness
Director
In 1984, Moncerf, a village in the Haute-Gatineau region, is stricken by cases of porphyry, the werewolf disease. Several families evacuate the region, where teenagers who have morphed into wolves may have devoured a sheep and a dog. Some of the residents in Moncerf attribute the apparition of this phenomenon to unemployment and general misery among the youth of the region.
We Treat Ourselves to the Best
Director
Two couples who travelled together to Mexico watch the footage of their vacation. They laugh at scenes of dropping in on a Mexican family unannounced, frolicking on the beach and bargaining for souvenirs. When the doorbell rings and three Mexicans ask to use the phone, however, the tables are turned and the mood becomes frosty.
And You, Are You Lucky?
Director
Pierre is a dwarf, as are his parents, who are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. He has difficulty sharing their joy because he is single and lonely and dreams of a normal life.
The Mysterious Paul
Director
At seventy-one, Paul's knife swallowing days appear to be numbered; an injury to his oesophagus injury has halted his public performances and raised concern among his family. In private, to keep up his spirits, he continues to practice his routine before a mirror.
A Postcard from Victoria
Director
My Riches Have Caused My Privations
Director
Married, owner of a training gym, a house and two gleaming cars, André Guilbault lives well...and intends to keep it that way. To this end, he decides to return to competitive bodybuilding and sets his sights on the title of Mr. Montréal, with which he hopes to attract newcomers, and new glory, to his once-reputable gym.
Il a gagné ses épaulettes
Director
The Kingdom Has Come
Screenplay
We follow the wedding preparations of two childhood friends; the groom is a mechanic and member of the local "roller derby" team who has recently lost his father. At the church hangs a banner that reads "The Kingdom Has Come".
The Kingdom Has Come
Director
We follow the wedding preparations of two childhood friends; the groom is a mechanic and member of the local "roller derby" team who has recently lost his father. At the church hangs a banner that reads "The Kingdom Has Come".
Gus is Still in the Army
Director
"I joined the army so I could travel and see the country. I saw Northern Ontario during training exercises. In the first few days, I fell secretly in love with another soldier. That's when I asked to be released from the army. I had a super 8 camera with me, so I could film stuff to show my mother on leave. This film tells a story, but not exactly the one I'd intended..."
Ma vie c'est pour le restant de mes jours
Writer
Ma vie c'est pour le restant de mes jours
Director
The Body Sculpters
Director
This documentary was made at the request of Vidéographe on the occasion of the Montreal Olympic Games and as part of the series Sports à part. A broad perspective on the world of bodybuilding, it calls on cultural analysts and trainers as well as a few of those vying for the title of Mr. Montreal to give the viewer insight into the mindset and motivations of the bodybuilder.
I. You. They.
Little did this pretty brunette know when she applied for a babysitting job that her employer was an artist and that everything at his place differed from the outside world. What struck her the most was to find out that her boss had shrunk his wife and kept her in the fridge in order, as he said, to keep her safe from a hostile world!
Les Galeries Wilderton
Camera Operator