Claude Jutra

Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story

Paule Baillargeon

Claude Jutra, Bernardo Bertolucci

A revealing look at the great Quebecois director who gave us such classic films as Mon Oncle Antoine, A toute prendre and Kamouraska: Power of Passion. Amidst the rise of French-Canadian identity and the political struggles of the '60s, Jutra was at the forefront of a group of artists dedicated to social change and attacking taboo.

Préambule

Werner Nold

Claude Jutra, Raôul Duguay

Kamouraska

Claude Jutra

Geneviève Bujold, Richard Jordan

A writer, Kamouraska is based on a real nineteenth-century love-triangle in rural Québec. It paints a poetic and terrifying tableau of the life of Elisabeth d'Aulnières: her marriage to Antoine Tassy, squire of Kamouraska; his violent murder; and her passion for George Nelson, an American doctor. Passionate and evocative, Kamouraska is the timeless story of one woman's destructive commitment to an ideal love.

Félix Leclerc, troubadour

Claude Jutra

Félix Leclerc

Mon oncle Antoine

Claude Jutra

Jacques Gagnon, Lyne Champagne

Set in cold rural Quebec at Christmas time, we follow the coming of age of a young boy and the life of his family which owns the town's general store and undertaking business.

A Chairy Tale

Claude Jutra, Norman McLaren

Claude Jutra

An ordinary looking chair refuses to be sat upon.

La lutte

Marcel Carrière, Michel Brault

Édouard Carpentier

A candid-camera view of professional wrestling as seen in the Montréal Forum, where some of the biggest bouts are staged, and in back-street wrestling parlours where the warriors practice their art.

Dreamspeaker

Claude Jutra

Ian Tracey, George Clutesi

Ian Tracey plays 11-year-old Peter, who is plagued by demons and sent to an institution for setting fires. Peter escapes and hops a freight train headed into northern B.C. He is befriended by a native shaman or "dreamspeaker" (George Clutesi). The shaman makes some strides but is unable to get to the root of Peter's problems. Peter is captured by the police and taken back to the institution where he slides down even further.

Rouli-roulant

Claude Jutra

Pierre Charpentier, Charles Denner

This short 1966 documentary dedicated "to all victims of intolerance” depicts the dawn of skateboarding in Montreal. A new activity frowned upon by police and adults, skateboarding gave youngsters a thrilling sensation of speed and freedom. This film - the first Canadian documentary ever made about the sport - captures the exuberance of boys and girls having the time of their lives in free-wheeling downhill locomotion.

Mouvement perpétuel

Michel Brault, Claude Jutra

Claude Jutra

An experimental short film shot in slow motion and set to Ottokar Nováček's violin composition Perpetuum mobile, the film depicts a love triangle between two men and a woman.

Take It All

Claude Jutra

Claude Jutra, Johanne Harelle

A man struggles with his identity, his life choices, his interracial relationship, and his latent homosexuality. A portrait of some young intellectuals in early sixties Montreal.

Wow

Claude Jutra

In this French Canadian film, the lives of young people (basically teenagers) are examined in fantasy sequences and through the use of documentary interviews. The fantasy sequences make creative use of animation, unusual film developing techniques, and stills.

Les mains nettes

Claude Jutra

Jean Brousseau, Monique Chailler

An efficiency expert is called in to downsize a trucking company and the employees fight to establish a union to save their jobs.

On est loin du soleil

Jacques Leduc

Esther Auger, Reynald Bouchard

The six members of the working-class Bessette family each mimic a certain stage of the life of the iconic Brother André and are an incarnation of his values and characteristics.

Pour le meilleur et pour le pire

Claude Jutra

Pierre Dufresne, Jerry Fielden

An acerbic and surreal comedy about marriage and married life.

Québec-U.S.A. ou L'invasion pacifique

Michel Brault, Claude Jutra

They come in high-powered convertibles, with cameras and curiosity, to look at French Canada and French-Canadians. Their usual objective is Québec City, where they can soak up a bit of French culture without a trip to France. With an eye for humour, VISIT TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY shows the people of Québec taking a look at American tourists who have come to Québec to take a look at them.