The Castle (2020 film)

The Castle (Le Château) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Denys Desjardins and released in 2020. It profiles his mother Madeleine Ducharme, as she and her family confront the prospect of her having to move out of her independent living seniors' residence and into a managed CHSLD long-term care facility due to her advancing Alzheimer's disease.

The film premiered in March 2020 at the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, before its commercial distribution on Vidéotron's Illico platform in May.

Ducharme died of COVID-19 between the time of the theatrical screening and the streaming premiere. In 2022 Desjardins released I Lost My Mom (J'ai placé ma mère), a sequel film which centred more on her final months in long-term care and her death.

Awards
The film received two Prix Iris nominations at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021, for Best Editing in a Documentary (Desjardins, Annie Jean) and Best Sound in a Documentary (Stéphane Barsalou, Claude Beaugrand, Julie Innes).