Alexander Odyssey

Alexander Odyssey (French: Alexandre le fou) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Pedro Pires and released in 2019.^[1] The film premiered at the Quebec City Film Festival on September 15, 2019, before premiering commercially on September 20.^[2]

Alexander Odyssey
French	Alexandre le fou
Directed by	Pedro Pires
Written by	Pedro Pires Josiane Lapointe
Produced by	Pedro Pires Sylvia de Angelis
Cinematography	Pedro Pires
Edited by	Pedro Pires Sophie Leblond Sylvia de Angelis
Music by	Sylvain Brassard Gaël Poisson Lemay
Production company	Pedro Pires Films
Distributed by	Maison 4:3
Release date	September 15, 2019 (2019-09-15) (FCVQ)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

Plot

The film centres on Alexandre Demard, a man who is at a new crossroads in his life 15 years after first experiencing a mental breakdown which led to his being diagnosed with schizophrenia.^[3]

Awards

The film received three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020, for Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Pires) and Best Editing in a Documentary (Pires, Sophie Leblond and Sylvia de Angelis).^[4] It also received four Prix Iris nominations at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards, for Best Documentary, Best Cinematography in a Documentary, Best Editing in a Documentary and Best Sound in a Documentary.^[5] It won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Editing.^[6]