The Free Ones

The Free Ones (French: Les Libres) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Nicolas Lévesque and released in 2020. An expansion of his 2015 short film Interview with a Free Man (Entrevue avec un homme libre),[1] which was named by the Toronto International Film Festival as one of the Canada's Top Ten short films in 2015.[2] The film is a portrait of several ex-convicts who are readjusting to life as free men with jobs at a sawmill in Roberval, Quebec.[3]

The Free Ones
FrenchLes Libres
Directed byNicolas Lévesque
Written byNicolas Lévesque
Produced byJean-Philippe Archibald
CinematographyJean-Philippe Archibald
Edited byNatacha Dufaux
Release date
  • November 12, 2020 (2020-11-12) (RIDM)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film premiered at the 2020 Montreal International Documentary Festival.[4]

The film received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Jean-Philippe Archibald) and Best Editing in a Documentary (Natacha Dufaux).[5]

References
  1. François Lévesque, "«Les libres»: réapprendre le dehors". Le Devoir, February 12, 2021.
  2. Bruce Kirkland, "TIFF announces its top 10 films of 2015". Toronto Sun, December 8, 2015.
  3. André Duchesne, "Les libres : refaire sa vie, une planche à la fois". La Presse, February 12, 2021.
  4. "This week at Montreal documentary film festival RIDM". Cult MTL, November 13, 2020.
  5. Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations". ET Canada, March 30, 2021.


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