Saturday June 23rd – 5 PM
CINÉMATHÈQUE QUÉBÉCOISE

Substitute

Director: Fred Poulet and Vikash Dhorasoo
Length: 70"
Year: 2006
France
Language: French
Grand Jury Prize, Berlin Film Festival, 2006

The story begins on April 6th 2006. Fred Poulet, singer, author and video maker, suggests one of his friends entrusts him two super 8 cameras; he wants to film his everyday life until July 9th, date of the World Cup Final in Berlin. The friend’s name: Vikash Dhorasoo. The rest of the film will be written day by day, in hotel rooms, on the bus. A tad in stadiums as well. Vikash Dhorasso played for 16 minutes during this World Cup. The twelfth man, the « substitute »…