NFB Collection
J.A. Martin Photographer
19771 h 41 min 13 secFilm: Fiction, Feature-length fiction
Direction: Jean Beaudin
Production: Jean-Marc Garand
Script: Jean BeaudinMarcel Sabourin
In this sensitively portrayed feature drama, a wife takes the courageous decision to leave her five children at home and accompany her husband on his yearly summer tour as an itinerant photographer. This despite housework, routine and fourteen years of marriage having created a mutual indifference. They travel through a turn-of-the-century countryside of narrow lanes and old-time weddings, but most importantly, to an eventual rediscovery of each other.
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Subject categories
- Families > CouplesWork and Unemployment
- History and Citizenship Education > Culture and Currents of Thought (1500-present)
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Family Diversity and Challenges
- English Language Arts > Quebec Literature
Credits
- script
- Jean Beaudin
- Marcel Sabourin
- dialogue
- Jean Beaudin
- Marcel Sabourin
- director of photography
- Pierre Mignot
- director of photography - assistant
- Jacques Tougas
- René Daigle
- sound
- Jacques Blain
- boom operator
- Alain Corneau
- script-girl
- Monique Champagne
- assistant director
- Michel Gauthier
- artistic director
- Vianney Gauthier
- artistic director - assistance
- André Loiseau
- lighting
- Kevin O'Connell
- lighting assistant
- Jacques Fortier
- production manager
- Michel Dandavino
- Françoise Berd
- assistant production manager
- Michel Siry
- Jean Courteau
- grip
- Denis Deslauriers
- hair styling
- Brigitte McCaughry
- Bob Prittchett
- makeup
- Brigitte McCaughry
- costumes
- Huguette Gagné
- wardrobe
- Huguette Gagné
- costume designer
- Louise Jobin
- dress maker
- Raymonde St-Jacques
- Nicole Charette
- set construction
- Jean Parisien
- Eugène Monette
- Jacques Charron
- Léo Marchand
- Georges Léonard
- Gilles Boisjolis
- Claude Paré
- Claude Goyette
- Jean Gauthier
- second camera
- Pierre Letarte
- second camera assistant
- Séraphin Bouchard
- electrician
- Guy Rémillard
- technical research
- Anthony Kiberis
- Carl Maillot
- stills
- Takashi Seida
- titles
- Jean-Marc Brosseau
- billiard coach
- Roger Paquette
- groom
- Antoine Kieffer
- Gaétan Veilleux
- production secretary
- Michelle Guérin
- Gilles Péloquin
- Denise DesLauriers
- music
- Maurice Blackburn
- music recording
- Roger Lamoureux
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- editing
- Jean Beaudin
- Hélène Girard
- producer
- Jean-Marc Garand
- director
- Jean Beaudin
- cast
- Marcel Sabourin
- Monique Mercure
- Marthe Thiéry
- Catherine Tremblay
- Mariette Duval
- Denis Hamel
- Stéphane L'Écuyer
- Jacques Bilodeau
- Colette Courtois
- Marthe Nadeau
- André St-Denis
- Denise Proulx
- Robert Desroches
- Guy L'Écuyer
- Charlie Beauchamp
- Luce Guilbeault
- Denis Drouin
- Madeleine Pageau
- Éric Gaudry
- Yvan Canuel
- Germaine Lemyre
- Jean Lapointe
- Walter Massey
- Denis Robinson
- Henry Ramer
- Jean Mathieu
- Pierre Gobeil
- Pierre Daigneault
- Paul Cormier
- Bobby Lalonde
- Jocelyn Bérubé
- Yvon Leroux
- Louise Dubigue
- Gaétan Girard
- Colette Berthiaume
- Jean-Louis Berthiaume
- Francine Dufault
- Jean-Paul Lebel
- Mireille Machado
- René Rivest
- André St-Pierre
- Monique St-Pierre
- Françoise Berd
- Christiane Breton
- Colette Dorsay
Awards
- 7th Place - Category: Canada's Ten Best International Film Festival
- Certificate of Merit for Art Direction to Vianney GauthierCork Film Festival
- Grand Prize of the Year given by the readers of "Elle" magazineGrand Prix de l'Année donné par les lectrices de "Elle"
- Oecumenical Jury Award given by the Oecumenical AssociationInternational Film Festival
- Palme d'or for Best Actress to Monique Mercure - Category: Feature LengthInternational Film Festival
- Award of ExcellenceFilm Advisory Board Incorporated
- Etrog for Best Performance by a Lead Actress to Monique MercureGenie Awards
- Etrog for Best Artistic Direction to Vianney GauthierGenie Awards
- Etrog for Best Overall Sound to Jean-Pierre JoutelGenie Awards
- Etrog for Best Camera to Pierre MignotGenie Awards
- Etrog for Best Editing to Hélène Girard and Jean Beaudet - ex-aequo with John Kramer for One ManGenie Awards
- Etrog for Best Direction to Jean BeaudinGenie Awards
- Etrog for Best Feature Length Fiction FilmGenie Awards