'I had this idea of making a film about a relationship that’s in turmoil. A place where you can’t quite get out'
—which premiered at TIFF yesterday—introduces viewers to Rashid, a recent immigrant to Canada who struggles to build a new life while holding on to the remnants of his old one. Its director, UBC department of theatre and film professor Antoine Bourges, shares how the film came to be set in Toronto’s Thorncliffe Park and how its plot illustrates the parallel lives that immigrants often feel they could—or should—have lived.
You moved to Canada as a teenager from France. Are any of your own immigrant experiences included in the film? My experiences are very different from the experiences of the people in the film. But almost the entire crew was made up of immigrants, and we all related in some way. In the back of your mind, there’s this other place where you could have been. It’s this imaginary parallel life that you kind of go back to in your mind. To some people, it’s a joyful thing; to others, it’s frustrating. It keeps some people from being in the moment—it really impedes their lives.
There isn’t a lot of background music in the film. Can you tell me about your choice to incorporate a more natural soundtrack? It’s something that you do often. I just love the sound of ambient noise, the sound of a place. Cinema is such a great place to hear that because, in our daily lives, all of our senses are so stimulated that we often don’t hear it. Even when we’re not wearing headphones, we’re still not necessarily aware of or listening to our environments. I think there’s an interesting contrast between being a spectator and being a filmmaker.
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