Alexander Odyssey

Alexander Odyssey (Alexandre le fou) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Pedro Pires and released in 2019. The film premiered at the Quebec City Film Festival on September 15, 2019, before premiering commercially on September 20.

Plot
The film centres on Alexandre Demard, a man who is at a new crossroads in his life 15 years after first experiencing a mental breakdown which led to his being diagnosed with schizophrenia.

Awards
The film received three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020, for Best Feature Length Documentary, Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Pires) and Best Editing in a Documentary (Pires, Sophie Leblond and Sylvia de Angelis). It also received four Prix Iris nominations at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards, for Best Documentary, Best Cinematography in a Documentary, Best Editing in a Documentary and Best Sound in a Documentary. It won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Editing.