Before the Time Comes

19751 h 27 min 47 secFilm: Fiction, Feature-length fiction

Direction: Anne Claire Poirier

Production: Anne Claire Poirier

Script: Louise CarréMarthe BlackburnAnne Claire Poirier

The film examines, in depth and with sobriety, the question of contraception and abortion through the story of a woman, happily married, with three children, who, with her husband, must make the agonizing decision of whether to give life.

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Subject categories


  • Sexuality and Reproduction > AbortionBirth Control
  • Women > AbortionPregnancy and BirthSexuality and Reproduction

Credits


director
Anne Claire Poirier
producer
Anne Claire Poirier
script
Louise Carré
Marthe Blackburn
Anne Claire Poirier
camera
Michel Brault
sound
Joseph Champagne
editing
Jacques Gagné
re-recording
Michel Descombes
Richard Besse
music
Maurice Blackburn
Angèle Arsenault
cast
Angèle Arsenault
Paule Baillargeon
Nicolas Dufresne
J.-Léo Gagnon
Roger Garceau
Pierre Gobeil
Luce Guilbeault
Jean-Pierre Légaré
Jean Mathieu
Viviane Neya
Catherine Potvin
Marisol Sarrazin

Awards


  • Mention given by the Conseil national des femmes BelgesInternational Festival of Women's Films