This documentary recounts filmmaker Pierre Sidaoui’s immigration journey from the small Lebanese town of Abey to Montreal, the city he now calls home. Sidaoui had a carefree childhood, but civil war forced him and his family to flee Lebanon in 1982, the first in a series of moves that would ultimately separate him from his parents, brother and sisters. Two decades later, Sidaoui pauses to reflect. His precious family photos, carefully kept in a shoebox, bring forth a flood of memories - of family, landscapes, music and war. A touching meditation on the pursuit of happiness and the immigrant experience.
Unfortunately the movie A Scent of Mint is not yet available on HBO Max.
Writing | Pierre Sidaoui | Writer |
Camera | François Vincelette | Still Photographer |
Sound | Lise Wedlock | Foley Artist |
Sound | Geoffrey Mitchell | Foley Recordist |
Directing | Pierre Sidaoui | Director |
Camera | François Vincelette | Director of Photography |
Editing | Dominique Sicotte | Editor |
Sound | Ganesh Anandan | Music |
Production | Éric Michel | Producer |
Directing | Ryofa Chung | Assistant Director |
Camera | Pierre Lapchapelle | Assistant Camera |
Sound | Richard Lavoie | Location Sound Recordist |
Sound | Diane Carrière | Additional Sound Re-Recordist |
Sound | André Chaput | Sound Editor |