SHORTS PROGRAM #2

Mardi 12 février 2008

12:00 pm

 

(around 3:00 pm)

 

 

 

 

MOLI QUI ?

(Jo Légaré, Canada, 2006, 53 min, v.o.f.subtitled)

Moli qui ? trace le portrait d’un homme qui ne ressemble pas à sa peinture : il se vêt avec négligence, il cuisine en « en mettant partout », son atelier est un fouillis foisonnant, alors que sa peinture est lisse, contrôlée, laisse entrer la puissance de la couleur dans des schèmes géométriques sévères. « Quoiqu’on dise qu’une chose est, elle ne l’est pas », se plaisait à dire Molinari, citant Korzibsky. Ainsi, quoi qu’on en dise, on ne peut pas connaître Molinari, seule son oeuvre le connaît. Moli qui ? Molinari un et multiple, rieur, ironique, profond et grave.

A journey into the interior world of Guido Molinari (1933-2004) through the memory of the artist and his reflections on abstract and figurative painting from Masaccio to Mondrian. The painter's final companion, Jocelyne Légaré, whom he met in the summer of 2001 at an exhibition of drawings by Dora Maar, was a privileged witness of the last years of his life and supported him in his struggle with cancer. It was while listening to Molinari speak of his life and work that she knew she would make a film about him. Molinari reflects upon his childhood, his dreams, his favourite painters and thinkers. He also discusses his last great project, Équivalence. The camera follows him to Paris, Milan, Naples and Cune, his grandfather's native village. Underlying the film is the invisible presence of his daughter Claire, who died tragically in 2000.

Moli Who ? Molinari the Enigma is a well-documented, humorous, compassionate and passionate portrait of the painter Guido Molinari. Artists, friends, art historians, formerstudents and journalists from Montréal, Toronto and Paris recount stories and momentsin the life of this great creator that they affectionately called "Moli." The painter himself makes us want to discover his works for ourselves, to understand their mystery and beauty.

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