les enfants will knock you sideways
In an unsettling surreality-meets-banality film for Quebec’s Health and Social Services Ministry, director Olivier Staub and Cossette Quebec show how a damaged state of mind can leave you off-kilter.
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Credits
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- Agency Cossette Communication/Quebec City
- Production Company Les Enfants
- Director Olivier Staub
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Credits
powered by
- Agency Cossette Communication/Quebec City
- Production Company Les Enfants
- Director Olivier Staub
- Copywriter Alex Begin
- Art Director Genevieve Renaud
- Producer Guillaume Arsenault
- DP Jonathan Decoste
- VFX Supervisor/VFX Artist Erik Gagnon
- Editor Monica Remba
- Colorist Benoit Cote
- Creative director Cedric Audet
- Creative Director Cedric Audet
Credits
powered by
- Agency Cossette Communication/Quebec City
- Production Company Les Enfants
- Director Olivier Staub
- Copywriter Alex Begin
- Art Director Genevieve Renaud
- Producer Guillaume Arsenault
- DP Jonathan Decoste
- VFX Supervisor/VFX Artist Erik Gagnon
- Editor Monica Remba
- Colorist Benoit Cote
- Creative director Cedric Audet
- Creative Director Cedric Audet
Portraying mental health issues on screen is a tough ask, as many of the most common conditions don't really show on the outside.
Solving this issue with a powerfully poetic visual metaphor, Sideways shows us a man living a 'normal' life, partaking in relatable activities and relationships, but with a distinct lean that symbolises the fact that something is wrong.
Bringing this clever idea, from agency Cossette Quebec, to life is les enfants' Olivier Staub, whose symmetrical photography gives the lo-fi, high-impact effect all the more poignancy.
