Video Interview: Maxime Giroux – The Great Darkened Days

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From working with a text about a path that is crossed with improbable odds in Felix et Meira, to the alienating, but nonetheless road most traveled in The Great Darkened Days, with his fourth feature, Maxime Giroux moves into an allegorical space delving into the direct cause (and possible the cycle of the collapse) that is capitalism. Featuring a cast of shadowy, subversive characters who derail Philippe’s plans (once again working with Martin Dubreuil), the geographically potent nightmarish world presented here is spatially more encompassing and yet as I discovered in my interview with the filmmaker, very much a sign of our current times — Charlie Chaplin included. I got to sit with the filmmaker during TIFF for a lengthy interview discussing, among other things, how he contextualizes his text within his own work.

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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