La Contemplation du mystère is a Canadian drama film, directed by Albéric Aurtenèche and released in 2021.Charles-Henri Ramond, "Contemplation du mystère, La – Film de Albéric Aurtenèche". Films du Québec, October 22, 2021. The film stars Emmanuel Schwartz as Éloi, a man who is returning to his small hometown in Quebec to partake in a group ritual commemorating his father's death in a hunting accident a year earlier, only to end up using psychedelic drugs such as DMT and ayahuasca in his quest to understand the event's meaning in his life.Alex Rose, "La contemplation du mystère: Finally, a film about hunting on psychedelic drugs". Cult MTL, October 21, 2021.
The film's cast also includes Gilles Renaud, Martin Dubreuil, François Papineau and Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse.
Production on the film started in October 2019.Lauren Malyk, "Metafilms gets to work on Alberic Aurteneche’s feature debut". Playback, November 13, 2019. The film was originally slated to premiere at the 2020 Festival du nouveau cinéma,André Duchesne, "Quatre films québécois en première mondiale au FNC". La Presse, August 25, 2020. but was cancelled when the festival shifted from in-person to online screening due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec,Odile Tremblay, "Un FNC dans la tempête". Le Devoir, October 15, 2020. and instead premiered at the 2021 festival on October 15, 2021. It opened commercially on October 22.Maxime Demers, "«La contemplation du mystère»: une chasse mystique". Le Journal de Montréal, October 16, 2021.
The film was a nominee for the DGC Discovery Award at the 2020 Directors Guild of Canada awards."In brief: Latimer, Deer among DGC’s Discovery long list". Playback, September 18, 2020.
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