Behind the scenes of Hubert Lenoir's tour unveiled in this documentary

La Rad (Radio Canada) takes us closer to Hubert Lenoir in an intimate documentary. For twenty minutes, we follow the last tour of the Quebecer. Between live music, confessions and sharing.

“I don’t take performance seriously., confesses Hubert Lenoir in the documentary “Hubert Lenoir: rockstar to life, to death”. And that may be the secret of these punk, baroque and theatrical performances that we discover throughout this short film produced by Rad, Radio-Canada’s journalism laboratory. The documentary reveals behind the scenes of the last tour of the Quebec artist, from Montreal to Paris via Rennes, Caen and Rouen. Four years after his first album Darlène, the artist presents the very conceptual THE PAINTING OF HE : Direct Music au public. When director Frédéric Lacelle asks him what this project is about, Hubert replies frankly: “That’s what’s interesting is that I had no idea what I wanted to say because I had no idea what had happened in my life”. That’s also the art: finding yourself.

And thanks to “Hubert Lenoir: rockstar life and death”, we have the impression of understanding a little better the funny avant-garde character that is Hubert Le noir. For 20 short minutes follow one another moments of confessions, questions, live music, exchanges with the members of his team. We enter his world. We discover her relationship to the stage, to the public, her friends, her best friend Noémie D. Leclerc: the one who has no defined role but who does everything, films the concerts and advises Hubert.

It’s a documentary that the cool kids of 2040 will certainly bleed, to discover the musical icon that will become Hubert Lenoir. With each project, the Quebec artist takes us into his wacky ideas, whether it’s a musical with Darlène, a project that’s a bit of a catch-all, alternating titles that could be found on the soundtrack of a contemporary art exhibition, and indie pop pieces with his second album. In short, his fans explain it better than us: “Hubert both built and deconstructed something in us.”