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Manor (2015)

Manor poster
Original title
Manoir
Directed by
Martin Fournier, Pier-Luc Latulippe
Genre
documentary film, drama film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 23m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film profiles residents of a former hotel turned transitional housing for former psychiatric patients. It follows them as they face the upcoming closure and demolition of their home.

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What happens

Manor (French: Manoir) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Martin Fournier and Pier-Luc Latulippe and released in 2015. The film profiles the residents of Gaulin Manor, a onetime hotel in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, which has been converted into a transitional housing facility for former psychiatric patients who remain at risk of homelessness, but is about to be closed and demolished for redevelopment. The film premiered at the 2015 Montreal International Documentary Festival, before going into commercial release in 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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