Jean-François Gratton

Memento Mori

the contemplation on the beginnings and endings of films

With the use of his title, Jean-François Gratton created his short film in the artistic style of the Memento mori ("remember that you will die" in latin), in which the work is intended as a reminder of human mortality.

Director
  • Jean-François Gratton
Director of photography
  • Jean-François Gratton
  • Pierre Manning
camera
  • Matt Charland

Memento Mori

The film is a mysterious contemplation on the ambiguities of the beginnings and endings as well as the subtleties that define the moments where everything changes. Love and ferocity, seduction and repulsion, dependence and egocentrism all have their moment of complexity and their outcome in front of the lens. 

The brutality and the musicality of the heart are delivered by images of great beauty with a touching point of view on human relationships.

credits

  • Director: Jean-François Gratton
  • creative direction : Nikolaos Lerakis (Beau)
  • artistic direction : Nikolaos Lerakis, Mariane Vaillancourt (Beau)
  • Director of photography: Jean-François Gratton, Pierre Manning
  • project management : Geneviève Croteau
  • production : Kristia Louis-Seize
  • production coordinator : Amélie Desjardins
  • camera: Matt Charland, Martin Gros
  • editor: Nikolaos Lerakis (Beau)
  • coloring : Colin Beaudry, Martin Gros (Chop Chop Film)
  • Musical supervision : Cult Nation
  • Technical lighting: Sébastien Roussel
  • assistant: Alexandre Couture
  • decoration workshop : Luidgi
  • clothing stylist: Maude Boisjoly (Dulcedo)
  • makeup and hair : Ashley Diabo, Charlotte Flannery (Dulcedo) 
  • manicure: Elfi (Dulcedo)
  • models: Camilia (Dulcedo), Dante (Dulcedo), Xavier Malo, Milly (Dulcedo), Pablo (Dulcedo), Sand (Dulcedo)

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