As the paramedics pry her hand apart from her dead lover's grip a woman's life flashes before her eyes. Racing to the hospital the stunning skies and rooftops of Montreal from the back of the ambulance are inter-cut with the most exquisitely cinematic memories.
Direction
Pool's fearless silence — no dialogue, all visual storytelling.
Cinematography
Montreal skylines as emotional architecture, not backdrop.
Editing
Ambulance reality vs. memory montage is devastating.
Director
Léa Pool
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pool made this during Quebec's AIDS crisis; the paramedic framing was radical for 1992.
Anne Dorval became Pool's muse; this silent performance launched their decades-long collaboration.
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