Henry (2011)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Henry |
| Country of production | Canada |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 21 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Yan England |
| script | Yan England |
| production | Yan England |
| music |
Alexis le May Michele Motard |
| camera | Claudine Sauvé |
| cut | Philippe Gagnon |
| occupation | |
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Henry is a 2011 Canadian short film drama directed by Yan England .
action
The old pianist Henry calls out to his wife Maria that he is going to eat something and goes to a café. Here an unknown woman speaks to him - in reality his daughter Nathalie - and both start a conversation. He tells her that he will shortly be giving a concert with his wife and also how he met her as a violinist in World War II . He goes to a wheelchair user who looks at him all the time and learns from him that his wife is in danger. He rushes home, where he is overwhelmed by two people and immobilized with a syringe. Shortly afterwards he wakes up tied to the bed and is desperate and confused, especially since Nathalie, whom he does not know, is at his side again.
Henry wakes up again after a while and is able to leave his room. He comes to a lobby where he sees himself playing music with Maria as a young man during the war. Suddenly he thinks he is in the hail of bombs and flees down the hallways of the house. He meets his young self, who asks him to remain strong and think of Maria and his daughter Nathalie. Memories of Nathalie's birth emerge; In one room he meets his wife, who is going with him to the rehearsal of his daughter, who will shortly be giving a piano concerto.
Henry wakes up in his hospital room with Nathalie, whom he does not know, at his side, to whom he reports on his daughter's concert. When she says that the concert took place a long time ago, he accuses her of only trying to confuse him. He wants to go home to Maria, but Nathalie says that this room is his new home and that Maria has been dead for a year. He hurries into the corridor and sees Maria playing the violin in a room. His young self is also in the room and tells him that Maria is dead. What he sees are only his last memories of her. Henry is desperate because he doesn't know what he will do without his memories. Later he sits at the piano, Nathalie joins him. He recognizes his daughter and praises her piano concerto, only to call her a stranger again shortly afterwards. She begs him to stay with him. He, in turn, despairs that he no longer knows how he met his wife. He asks if he was a good person and Nathalie says he was the best father. Together, father and daughter go for a walk.
production
Henry is based on experiences in England with his grandfather Maurice, who died in 2000 after suffering from Alzheimer's disease for four years . The film ends with a quote from Marice Englands: “Le pire dans la vieillesse, c'est de prendre conscience d'être un vieillard qui perd la mémoire.” (“The worst thing about old age is knowing that you are an old man, who loses memory ”).
Henry was the second short film directed by England after Moi (2007). There was only a year between the first lines of the script and the completion of the film. The actual filming took five days; The shoot took place at the Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine (since 2013 Institut universitaire en santé mental de Montréal) and in the pedestrian zone Prince Arthur Street in Montreal.
Henry premiered at the Rhode Island International Film Festival in August 2011 .
Awards
Henry won first prize for Best Short Film at the 2012 Rhode Island International Film Festival. It was nominated for an Oscar in 2013 in the Best Short Film category.
Web links
- Henry in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b IW Talks to the Oscar '13 Nominees: Short Film Nominee Yan England of "Henry" . indiewire.com, February 17, 2013.
- ↑ See the end credits of the film.
- ↑ L'Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine change officiellement de nom . iusmm.ca, March 5, 2013.
- ↑ Montrealer Yan England and his Oscar-nominated film Henry get standing ovation at Cinéma du Parc . montrealgazette.com, February 8, 2013.
- ^ André Duchesne: Un court métrage de Yan England en pré-sélection aux Oscars . lapresse.ca, November 29, 2012.