Directed by Karan Singh

Logline: Pieces of Me, through the life of Michel, explores the tenacity and fragility of aging.

Synopsis: Pieces of Me is the story of Michel, who has recently lost his wife of five decades. As he grapples to come to terms with this loss, he confronts one of the most challenging moments of his life: a realization that he is aging and will have to face it alone. The film follows Michel as he navigates the tenacity and the fragility of aging; even after his loss he wants to persevere and put the pieces of his life back together.

Distribution Contact: WFG

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RUNTIME: 9 Minutes
GENRE: Narrative, Fiction
PRODUCTION FORMAT: HD
LANGUAGE: French
LOCATION: Quebec
KEYWORDS: Aging, Tenacity, Fragility, Loss

Director's Statement: Pieces of Me (original fr. Morceaux d'une Vie) was conceptualized and written during a screenwriting workshop at KINOMADA in Quebec City, Canada. The idea of the film found its origins when I was living in one of the suburbs of Montreal, Canada. There was a large number of older people who lived there and I would see them going about their
everyday life. On more than one occasion, I saw the stark differences between "aging" that I had experienced growing up in India (my country of birth), to what I saw here. It
seemed like there was a distinct identity to it. Unlike my South-Asian upbringing,
where old age becomes immersed in the life of children and the family at large,
suddenly I saw it as a separate entity being lived by all these people around me.
This difference affected me deeply. It brought to the fore both the fragility in the
loneliness of old age and the tenacity to want to continue to live, no mater what. I
reflected on this and started penning down Michel's story, who after his wife's
passing is faced with the realities of his own age. Aging is a commonality that we
all share and Pieces of Me speaks to the human perseverance to put one's life
back together, no matter what age.