March 22, 2019
Release Date

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Plot.

Director Mathieu Arsenault and two other sufferers of bipolar disorder tell the story of their journey into mental illness and back, while the partners and family members who helped them through it tell the story as they experienced it.

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Cast & Crew.

Mathieu Arsenault

Director of Photography / Writer / Director

Jean-André Fourestié

Editor

Louis Parizeau

Self

Frédérique Ménard-Aubin

Self

Nathalie Barton

Producer

Sophie Parizeau

Self

Alexandre Lachance

Self

Media.

Details.

Release Date
March 22, 2019

Original Name
Tenir tête

Status
Released

Genres
Documentary Thriller

Last updated: 2025-04-13

This Movie Is About.

mental disorders

bipolar disorder

Wiki.

Head First (French: Tenir tête) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Mathieu Arsenault and released in 2019. Inspired by Arsenault's own diagnosis with bipolar disorder in the mid-2010s, the film profiles his experiences and those of two other people living with the disease, photographer Frédérique Ménard-Aubin and former musician Louis Parizeau, both to educate viewers about mental health and to portray their efforts to avoid allowing their lives to be consumed or controlled by the condition.

The film premiered on February 28, 2019 at the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma.

Arsenault received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Cinematography in a Documentary at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.