NFB Collection
The Bell Jar - Episode 1
200551 min 50 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: André Melançon
Production: Francine Forest (Sherpas Films Inc.)Monique HuberdeauColette Loumède (National Film Board of Canada)
Produced by Sherpas Films Inc. in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada with the financial participation of Fonds canadien de télévision créé par le gouvernement du Canada et l'industrie canadienne de télévision par câble, Crédist d'impôts cinéma et télévision - Gestion SODEC, SODEC Société de développement des entreprises culturelles - Québec, and Crédit d'impôt pour production cinématographique ou magnétoscopique canadienne, and with the collaboration de Télé-Québec.
A chronicle of resilience in action, Printemps fragiles features a group of pre-teens who attend Dr. Gilles Julien’s drop-in centre for troubled children. Each has challenges to meet, and in sharing fun, games and chores with their peers, they build self-esteem and develop empathy for others. With the help of adult counsellors and volunteers, they learn to follow sensible life rules and strive for balance. Day by day they discover themselves and develop inner strength. A respectful witness to their “fragile blossoming,” director André Melançon offers a filmic record of this moving journey. Simple, touching and upbeat, the documentary is at once a message of hope and a plea for all children to be given the care and attention they need to become who they are.
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Subject categories
- Psychology and Psychiatry > Children
- Social Issues > Community Projects and AssistancePovertySocial Problems
- Children and Youth > Social ServicesYouthful Perspectives
Credits
- research
- Ann Roy
- original music
- La Cigale
- theme song
- Taktika
- musical arrangement
- La Cigale
- Taktika
- director of photography
- Gilbert Lemire
- sound recordist
- Stéphane Poulin
- second unit camera operator
- Joël Provencher
- second unit sound recordist
- Richard Lavoie
- picture editor
- Avdé Chiriaeff
- timing
- Secteur 3
- final edit
- Secteur 3
- animation
- Sacha Sojic
- titles
- Sacha Sojic
- sound editor
- Denis Saindon
- translation
- Leah Kosatsky
- subtitles
- Leah Kosatsky
- online editor
- Françoise Laprise
- re-recording mixer
- Serge Boivin
- production manager
- José Wilson
- production assistant
- Mathias Perronno
- production accountant
- Christiane Gagnon
- marketing manager
- François Jacques
- administrator
- Manon Provencher
- administrative team
- Dominique Brunet
- Lysanne Fortier
- technical coordinator
- Richard Cliche
- associate producer
- Christiane Germain
- Maryse Chapdelaine
- director
- André Melançon
- producer
- Francine Forest
- Monique Huberdeau
- Colette Loumède