A Matter of Life

19701 h 5 min 35 secFilm: Fiction, Feature-length fiction

Direction: André Théberge

Production: Laurence Paré

Script: André Théberge

One of a group of fictional feature-length films on social topics by young Québec filmmakers. This is the story of a young Montréal woman who, abandoned by her husband, is working in a clothing factory to support her three children. The combination of circumstances that militate for her final defeat, hospitalization with a mental breakdown, is an indictment of a society that pays little heed to those carrying on a lonely struggle for survival. With English subtitles.

Subject categories

  • Women > Family LifeHealth and IllnessPovertyWorking LifeWorking Mothers
  • Social Issues > Health and IllnessSocial ProblemsWomen
  • Psychology and Psychiatry > Mental Illness and DisabilitiesWomen

Credits

director
André Théberge
script
André Théberge
editing
André Théberge
producer
Laurence Paré
photography
Réo Grégoire
sound
Michel Hazel
sound editing
Sidney Pearson
re-recording
Roger Lamoureux
Jean-Pierre Joutel
cast
Josée Beauregard
Frédérique Collin
Valda Dalton
Réjane Desrameaux
Lucie Foisy
Richard Gaulin
Alain Gélinas
Roland Jetté
Michel Maillot
Louis Martin
Judith Paré
Luce Triganne