J.A. Martin Photographer

19771 h 41 min 13 secFilm: Fiction, Feature-length fiction

G

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.

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