Biopics and collective memory
The biopic, or biographical and fictional film, begins in Québec around the year 2000. The genre tells the story of the life of famous people, artists, sportsmen, political activists, for example. Three themes emerge from the analysis of these films: the insertion of characters in social movements, nationalist for men and feminist for women, the figure of the victim and transmission. These are essentially thesis films that illustrate various paths leading to individual and collective autonomy. Several mechanisms are used to reinforce the truth effect of these films that are nonetheless « freely inspired » by the lives of these people, thus contributing to the construction of a collective memory, a national history.