Libre (2022)

This intimate documentary follows the journey of the sculptor André Desjardins, who begins the creation of a monumental sculpture meant to be installed on the shores of Lake Memphremagog, where he spent his childhood and teenage years. Desjardins welcomes us into his studio, nestled in the heart of the forest. Alone, in silence, he sands, rubs, cuts, and carves. The sounds of nature merge with those of the tools he uses. The seasons pass. Slowly, free, a kneeling figure more than eight feet tall is born before our eyes. The long process is punctuated by the thoughts that Desjardins shares here and there, plunging back into the memories of his childhood marked by mourning, loneliness, and an unquenchable need to create.