The Machine Age

197828 min 30 secFilm: Fiction

G

Direction: Gilles Carle

Production: Jacques Bobet

Script: Gilles Carle

A full-fledged police officer, Hervé is on his first assignment, which turns out to be escorting and guarding a seventeen-year-old girl who has repeatedly run away from her orphanage home. Delayed at the train station on Christmas Eve, they talk together until the train arrives. Hervé is torn between the responsibility of his position and the attachment he has formed.

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Subject categories

  • Social Issues > Quebec Society
  • Family Studies/Home Economics > Adolescent DevelopmentRelationships
  • History > Canada 1946-1991

Credits

director
Gilles Carle
script
Gilles Carle
producer
Jacques Bobet
camera
Pierre Letarte
sound
Serge Beauchemin
editing
Avdé Chiriaeff
cast
Gabriel Arcand
Sylvie Lachance
Willie Lamothe
Jocelyn Bérubé
Michèle Magny
Jean Mathieu
Jean-Pierre Saulnier
Guy Thauvette

Awards

  • Grand Prize - Category: Short FilmFestival international du film et d'échanges francophones (FIFEF)
  • Etrog Award for Best Cinematography to Pierre Letarte (tie with Ken Buck for SONG OF THE PADDLE)Genie Awards
  • Etrog Award for Best Art Direction to Jocelyn JolyGenie Awards
  • Etrog Award for Best Sound to Serge BeaucheminGenie Awards
  • Etrog Award for Best Supporting Role to Willie LamotheGenie Awards
  • Etrog Award for Best Script to Gilles CarleGenie Awards
  • Etrog Award for Best Direction to Gilles CarleGenie Awards