I'M GONE: A FILM ABOUT AMY by Julie Bourbonnais and Geneviève Philippon
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1h 22m
Documentary, 81 min., Quebec, Canada, 2015
I’M GONE is the story of a journey set to a dark country melody. Twenty hours on the road from Montréal to an island lost in foggy Nova Scotia, three drug addicts in remission, two filmmakers, ten million mosquitoes, twelve days to record an album and prove that it’s possible to stay alive and reinvent yourself. Meet Amy. Woman, mother, drug addict, lover, mentor, liar, fighter. Through her music and her words, follow this iconic Mile End woman who only knows how to live intensely under the ever present shadow of relapse.
Editing Isabelle Darveau
Image Julie Bourbonnais et Geneviève Philippon
Sound conceptor Simon Gervais
Directors Julie Bourbonnais et Geneviève Philippon
Production Julie Bourbonnais et Geneviève Philippon
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