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200423 min 28 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Paul Émile d'Entremont
Production: Jacques TurgeonCécile Chevrier (Phare Est)
Script: Paul Émile d'Entremont
Co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada and Phare-Est Productions with financial support from Heritage Canada through the Interdepartmental Partnership with the Official-Language Communities (IPOLC), with the collaboration of CBC Atlantic Region, and the participation of New Brunswick Film.
At one time, people went to confession to reveal their secrets. Nowadays, they head to television studios, classrooms, support groups, even chat rooms. This documentary by Paul Émile d'Entremont explores the lives of men and women who all have something to confess. Why, though, are they baring their souls in public?
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Subject categories
- Psychology and Psychiatry > Emotional LifeIndividual in Society
- Media and Communication > InternetMedia IssuesTelevision Broadcasting and Production
Credits
- research
- Paul Émile d'Entremont
- writer
- Paul Émile d'Entremont
- director
- Paul Émile d'Entremont
- producer
- Jacques Turgeon
- Cécile Chevrier
- participant
- Claude H. Comeau
- Claude G. Comeau
- Claire Lamarche
- Lucie Babineau
- Monette Boudreau
- Irène Clement
- Claudette Babineau
- Dominique Gallant
- cameraman
- François Vincelette
- sound recordist
- Georges Hannan
- Marie-France Delagrave
- production manager
- Gilles Losier
- assistant production manager
- Denise Leblanc
- editor
- Marie Hamelin
- sound design
- Chris Goguen
- re-recording
- Chris Goguen
- music performer
- Measha Brueggergosman-Lee
- Peter Togni
- original music
- Jean-François Mallet
- narrator
- Samuel Chiasson
- online editor
- L. Steve Dawson
- titles
- L. Steve Dawson
- credits
- L. Steve Dawson
- technical support - editing
- Phyllis Lewis
- editing studio
- Studio Acadie, ONF
- sound studio
- Studio RévoluSon
- research assistant
- Claire Hodge
- subtitles
- Kathleen Fleming
- product manager
- Mia Desroches
- administrator
- Johanne Dubuc
- administrative staff
- Colette Allain
- Marie-Josée Lavoie
- technical coordinator
- Brigitte Sénéchal
- Marysol Moran
- line production
- Murielle Rioux-Poirier
Awards
- Best Acadian Film (ex aequo with Timine et Brossette) - with a cash prize of 1,000$International Francophone Film Festival in Acadie