Resurrecting Hassan
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With passion, the three members of the Harting family make a living singing a cappella ballads in the Montreal metro. All three are blind and haunted by the tragic drowning death of the only seeing member of their family, Hassan. Enter Russian mystic and cult-like leader Grigori Petrovich Grabovoi, who promises to help his followers regenerate and resurrect the dead. For the Hartings, Hassan’s resurrection is their only hope for completing their family once more. With intimate access and unflinching observations, the film chronicles the Hartings’ attempts at dealing with their collective grief. What emerges is a highly unusual family portrait of three complex yet lovable characters.
Raised in Quillota, Chile and Mississauga, Ontario, Carlo Guillermo Proto is a Quebec based filmmaker whose work focuses on the unique interplay between masculinity, identity, geography, ethnicity and perceived disabilities. Carlo's first feature length documentary, El Huaso, screened at over 35 international film festivals after its 2012 premiere at the Hot Docs International Documentary Festival. In 2016 Carlo completed his second feature length documentary, Resurrecting Hassan. With its world premiere at Montreal's 2016 RIDM, he received the Grand Prix for Best National Documentary and the Prix des Estudiants. After traveling around the world to various festivals including IDFA, CPHDOX, Camden IFF and BFI London, Resurrecting Hassan returned to Canada and won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2017 Hot Docs and the 2018 Prix Iris for best documentary. He is currently editing his third feature, Denis & Denis, a fictional continuation of Resurrecting Hassan.
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