François Delisle draws an intimate portrait of his mother in a nursing home. A chronicle of the daily life and medical care of a woman approaching the end, treated with love, respect and dignity.
Direction
Delisle's unwavering gaze refuses spectacle.
Editing
18 minutes feel like a lifetime lived.
Director
François Delisle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
CHSLD stands for Centre d'hébergement de soins de longue durée, Quebec's nursing homes that became infamous during COVID-19.
Released months before the pandemic, it became eerily prophetic when Quebec's CHSLDs suffered catastrophic death tolls.
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