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In the Name of the Son
19741 h 23 min 50 secFilm: Fiction, Feature-length fiction
Direction: Raymond Garceau
Production: Pierre Gauvreau
Script: Raymond GarceauVladimir Valenta
Set on an ice-encircled island in the St. Lawrence, this is a drama of passion and violence. An old man, attached to his ancestral home and traditions, is confronted by his son, an immature young man who has no time for these values. The outcome is tragic as the father refuses to let his home fall into the hands of outsiders.
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Subject categories
- Families > Elder AbuseFamily Conflicts
- Social Issues > Elderly PeopleFamily LifeIntergenerational ConflictLife in the Regions
- Seniors > Family Life
Credits
- director
- Raymond Garceau
- producer
- Pierre Gauvreau
- script
- Raymond Garceau
- Vladimir Valenta
- camera
- Michel Thomas-d'Hoste
- André-Luc Dupont
- sound
- Joseph Champagne
- editing
- Pierre Lemelin
- sound editing
- Jacques Jarry
- re-recording
- Michel Descombes
- cast
- Paule Baillargeon
- Andrée Boucher
- Paul Bussières
- Jocelyn Bérubé
- Thérèse Cadorette
- Jacques Godin
- Réjean Lefrançois
- Ovila Légaré
- Denise Morelle
- Maruska Stankova