East End Forever
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by Carole Laganière
| East End Forever | |
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| French | L'Est pour toujours |
| Directed by | Carole Laganière |
| Written by | Carole Laganière |
| Based on | East End Kids (Vues de l'est) by Carole Laganière |
| Produced by | Nathalie Barton |
| Cinematography | Philippe Lavalette |
| Edited by | Guillaume Millet France Pilon |
| Music by | Bertrand Chénier |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | French English |
East End Forever (French: L'Est pour toujours) is a 2011 Quebec documentary film about seven young people from the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of Montreal, written and directed by Carole Laganière.[1][2] The film debuted at the Grand Library on February 18, 2011,[3] before theatrical release on May 13, 2011.[1][4][5]
In 2003, seven children had aspirations for their futures. Revisiting the neighbourhood and the children eight years later, L’Est pour toujours documents the progress they have made in their lives. Marianne Racine reconnected with his father, only to find he lives in Vancouver and does not speak French. Maxime Desjardins-Tremblay has combined work and study as a film and television actor. Though wishing to become a rapper, he still gets caught up in problems with street gangs. Proulx-Roy and Jean-Roch Beauregard, having spent time in youth centers and reform schools, are both still seeking their paths in life. Valérie Allard has aspirations of working with others through social services. Samantha Goyer has completed school. At 21, Vanessa Dumont is the oldest of the seven. She looks far younger than her biological age, but this affects her search for both job and boyfriend, and she deals with dark moods. The film shares how a person's future is not always determined by where they grew up.
Cast
- Marianne Racine
- Maxime Desjardins-Tremblay
- Maxime Proulx-Roy
- Jean-Roch Beauregard
- Valérie Allard
- Samantha Goyer
- Vanessa Dumont
Background
In 2003, Carole Laganière created the film East End Kids (Vues de l’est) to document the lives of seven children, aged eight to twelve, who were being raised in the low income Montreal neighbourhood of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. At that time the children had aspirations for bright futures. Having kept in contact with the children over the intervening years, Laganière revisited the neighbourhood and the children after eight years to document what progress they may have made in their lives.[3] The film is produced by Informaction Productions.[1]
By the time of East End Forever's release, Maxime Desjardins-Tremblay had become a child actor, with credits including the films The Ring (Le Ring), Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur), Coteau rouge and 10½.[6]