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The Broken Line
198825 min 15 secFilm: Fiction
Direction: Robert Favreau
Production: Raymond Gauthier
Script: Robert Favreau
A young dancer falls ill and it is discovered that she has cancer. Her brother, a doctor, is faced with the agonizing decision of whether or not to tell her about the disease. Which is more important, early treatment or the realization of her lifetime dream? This tensely drawn story delivers a powerful message about good intentions gone wrong.
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Subject categories
- Health and Medicine > BioethicsCancerCoping with Illness and DyingWomen
- Religion, Beliefs and Ethics > Coping with AdversityEthics and BioethicsLife and Death
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Aging/Death and Dying
- Ethics and Religious Culture > Ethical Values
Credits
- director
- Robert Favreau
- script
- Robert Favreau
- producer
- Raymond Gauthier
- photography
- François Beauchemin
- sound
- Richard Besse
- editing
- Monique Fortier
- sound editing
- Roger Boire
- choreography
- Monique Giard
- music
- Pierre Moreau
- re-recording
- Adrian Croll
- cast
- Monique Giard
- Raymond Legault
- Michelle Léger
- Ginette Morin
- Luc Morissette
- Daniel Soulière
- Suzanne Tisdale