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The Eighth Floor

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An evocative exploration of memory, exile, and the complexities of the human psyche, The Eighth Floor blurs the lines between reality and fantasy in a hybrid film that melds autobiography with fiction.

Reminiscent of literary autofiction, the film chronicles the life of Jacques Lanctôt, a notable figure of the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) upon his return to the eighth-floor room of the Hotel Nacional in Havana, Cuba—a place that once sheltered him during his exile in the 1970s.

Using the presence of a recording team as a pretext for Lanctôt to reflect on his journey towards self-discovery, this biopic captures the emotional turmoil of a man in forced retirement, navigating an intimate and poetic journey through his mind within the enchanted castle of a Caribbean island.

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