At times, we find ourselves questioning the nature and meaning of the gestures with which we were raised. The repeated daily gestures and glances then acquire a new layer of meaning. The past can serve as a refuge to try to understand the words that were addressed to us. Aware of the ability of experiences to be transmitted, sometimes inaudibly, from one side to the other over time, Catherine Boivin, now a mother herself, recalls the memories that marked her childhood. Through this, she raises the crucial question of transmission. To what extent can we emancipate ourselves from an experience that shapes our identity, even though it doesn’t belong to us? While the filmmaker attempts to answer this through images, the dilemma remains, floating, within the framework of the diptych she chooses to present here.

Yulia Kaiava
Tënk's editorial assistant