Movies: Hubert Aquin
- 1962
September Five at Saint-Henri (1962)
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This short film is a series of vignettes of life in Saint-Henri, a Montreal working-class district, on the first day of school. From dawn to midnight, we take in the neighbourhood’s pulse: a mother fussing over children, a father's enforced idleness,...
- 1964
La Fin des étés (1964)
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In this short fiction film, Marie has been living in the midst of a nightmare since the accident of Bernard, her brother. Clinging excessively to this handicapped being, she wants to take charge of it. Étienne, her fiancé, has no taste for sacrifice....
- 1960
Four Families (1960)
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A comparison of four different families in India, France, Japan, and Canada....
- 1979
Two Episodes from the Life of Hubert Aquin (1979)
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Documentary on the life of Hubert Aquin. Alive, he was a dazzling and extraordinary character. Dead, he is already legendary. From his legend, everything is both true and false. Neither biography nor critical work, this film is an evocation of his un...
- 1960
Four Religions (1960)
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Exploring four of the world's major religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity....
- 1961
Of Sport and Men (1961)
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In 1961, philosopher Roland Barthes collaborated with filmmaker Hubert Aquin to produce a film, for Canadian television, intended to reveal the poetics of sport and spectatorship. The question 'what is sport' is answered by Barthes' eloquently script...
- 1961
Courtship (1961)
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Ebrahim Golestan's contribution to an anthology film about the rites of betrothal in four separate countries....
- 1961
Le Temps des amours (1961)
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