The Benevolents (2021)
- Original title
- Les bienveillants
- Directed by
- Sarah Baril Gaudet
- Country
- Canada
- Rated
- G
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A short documentary follows people training to volunteer for a crisis hotline in Montreal. It looks at what drives them to help strangers and explores the loneliness that brings callers to the phone.
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What happens
The Benevolents (French: Les Bienveillants) is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Sarah Baril Gaudet and released in 2021. An exploration of contemporary loneliness and the importance of human social connection, the film is a portrait of various people who are training to become volunteers for Tel-Aide, a crisis hotline in Montreal, Quebec. The film premiered at the 2021 Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie. It was subsequently distributed principally through Op-Docs, The New York Times's streaming platform for documentaries. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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