Méromie
One hour in the studio. A lifetime told.
Your parents lived through the Ice Storm, Expo 67, the referendums, September 11. Mostly, they lived their own story. We film it with them, in a warm living room, and give you a film your children will still be watching in fifty years.
“The night of the Ice Storm, we put the kids in bed with us and waited for morning.”
Small stories inside the big one
We don't ask “tell us about your life.” We ask where you were, what you were doing, who was with you. The big events are doors; behind each one is a story that belongs to you alone.
- 1959
Do you remember your first television?
- 1967
Did you go to Expo?
- 1970
What was October like for you?
- 1976
Did you see Nadia Comăneci in Montreal?
- 1980
How did you vote, and why?
- 1998
How many days without power?
- 2001
Where were you on September 11?
- …
And between the big dates: the first job, the first car, the wedding, the children, the losses, the recipes, the jokes retold for forty years.
How it works
All the details- 1
You book
Pick a date and pay a $250 deposit. Or give a gift certificate and choose the date later.
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We prepare together
We send a list of themes and questions. The storyteller picks about ten — the ones they feel like telling.
- 3
They tell
One hour in our living room, with someone who truly listens. No camera in the face, no pressure, tea if they'd like.
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You receive the film
Within four weeks: an edited film of about 45 minutes, online, as a file and on a USB key. For the family — and, if they wish, for everyone on our channel.
One package, everything included
$750plus tax
$250 deposit at booking. The balance is paid on the day of the interview.
See pricing and options- An interview of about one hour in the studio
- A person who prepares, welcomes and listens
- Editing: a film of about 45 minutes
- Delivery online, as a file and on a USB key
- Free publication on our channel, if the storyteller wishes
Why Méromie
My father is 75. He's a storyteller — no family dinner ends without a story we've all heard and ask for anyway. One day, those stories will leave with him. Méromie was born from a simple idea: we can keep them. Not in a book nobody opens, but with his voice, his face, his pauses.
Read moreMéromie is the French word “mémoire” — memory — with its letters in a different order. Like a life being told: the same pieces, arranged anew.
Questions people ask us
All questionsMy father says he has nothing interesting to tell. What do I do?
Everyone says that, and no one is right. That's exactly why we don't ask “tell us about your life” — we ask where he was during the Ice Storm, what his first job was, how he met your mother. The answers come on their own. Our job is to ask the right questions and to listen.
She's shy in front of a camera.
Almost everyone is, for about five minutes. Then you forget the camera, because you're talking to a person, not a lens. The studio looks like a living room, not a television set. And a family member can stay in the room.
How long does it take?
Plan on two hours on site: the welcome, the interview of about an hour, and time to breathe afterwards. The edited film runs about 45 minutes.
There's no right time. There's now.
January and February dates are open today. A gift certificate fits in any holiday card.