UN RENVERSEMENT

Overthrow

A film by Amélie Hardy

Documentaire

2026

77 min

French with English subtitles

With Louise Harel, Pauline Marois, Monique Jérôme-Forget, Françoise David, Jocelyne Richer, France Belisle, Manon Massé, Marwah Rizqy, Marjolaine Étienne, Emilie Foster, Véronique Hivon, Catherine Fournier

LOGLINE

À travers les témoignages intimes de figures politiques québécoises marquantes, Un renversement dévoile les obstacles et les rapports de force qui freinent les femmes en politique, et célèbre celles qui, malgré tout, redéfinissent les règles du pouvoir.

SYNOPSIS

Un renversement lève le voile sur les coulisses de la politique au féminin, là où tout se joue loin des micros et des images officielles. À travers les témoignages intimes et sans filtre de figures politiques québécoises emblématiques, le film révèle les obstacles, les luttes et les rapports de force qui marquent leur parcours, tout en mettant en lumière celles qui, malgré les résistances, ouvrent de nouvelles voies et redéfinissent les contours du pouvoir.

Technical information

Duration: 77 minutes

Language: French with English subtitles

Filming: 4k

Ratio 2.1DCP - ProRes - H264

Filming location: Canada (Quebec)

Country of action: Canada (Quebec)

Festivals and awards

45th Quebec City Film Festival – Official Selection (Premiere) – 2026

Director

Amélie Hardy

Biography

Amélie Hardy is a Quebec filmmaker whose films have been screened at numerous international festivals, including SXSW, Hot Docs, Palm Springs, and Kurzfilmtage Winterthur. Her work has been recognized with two awards for Best Short Documentary at the Gala Québec Cinéma, a Canadian Screen Award, the Canadian Grand Prix, and the FIPRESCI Prize at REGARD. Her first feature film, Un Renversement (A Reversal), will open the FCVQ in 2026. Her cinema is distinguished by a profoundly human perspective and an inventive staging of reality.

Filmography

A Reversal | Feature-length documentary | 2026

A Wolf in the Suburb | Short documentary | 2026

How to Live Rich, Fulfilled, and Relaxed | Short Documentary | 2025

Hello Stranger | Short documentary | 2024

Notes on Memory and Forgetting | Essay | 2022

The Happy Life | Experimental Short Film | 2021

Train Hopper | Short documentary | 2018

Producer

Serge Desrosiers

Biography

Co-founder, president, and executive producer of Vital Productions, Serge Desrosiers is the producer behind numerous projects, including the documentaries *Mon Oncle Patof* (2021), *Amour Cougar: au-delà du mythe* (2017), and *Lise Watier: une vie à entreprendre* (2014), several short films such as *Pacific Bell* and *Ange & Ovni*, as well as Renée Beaulieu's feature film *Habiter la Maison* (2024). Also a cinematographer, he is a leading figure in the Quebec film industry, where he has worked for nearly 30 years.

In 2009, he co-founded Vital Productions with director and content producer Sandrine Béchade and took a course at HEC in television and film management to add production to his impressive career.

He brings his industry knowledge to Vital Productions' projects while continuing to work as a director of photography. Serge Desrosiers also shares his talents as a public speaker in Los Angeles and Paris, notably at the American Film Market Association and Ciné-Québec. Deeply involved in his community, he has served on the boards of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, the Sainte-Adèle Chamber of Commerce, the CLD des Pays-d'en-Haut, and the Canadian Society of Cinematographers.

Filmography

THE CHRYSALIS, feature-length documentary, 2026

A REVERSAL, feature-length documentary, 2026

TIGHT LETTUCE, feature film, 2026

THE LOVE OF THE BIG BALLOON, feature-length documentary, 2026

HERBY, feature-length documentary, 2026

AT THE FOOT OF THE WALL, feature-length documentary, 2026

WALK IN THE REAL LAND, feature-length documentary, 2025

ONE LAST SCAR, feature-length documentary, 2025

LIVING IN THE HOUSE, feature film, 2025

PACIFIC BELL, short film, 2022

MERRY SWISSMAS, feature film, 2022