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Two teenage girls go to winter carnival in Quebec City for the first time. Their ambiguous, tentative relation with a young boy brings both of them the sweet intensity and disillusionment of first love. This short is one of four film sketches that comprise the feature La Fleur de l'âge. A co-production initiated by the NFB, it also included Fiametta by Gian Vittorio Baldi (Italy, 1965), Marie-France et Véronique by Jean Rouch (France, 1965) and Ako by Hiroshi Teshigara (Japan, 1965). In French with English subtitles.
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Two teenage girls go to winter carnival in Quebec City for the first time. Their ambiguous, tentative relation with a young boy brings both of them the sweet intensity and disillusionment of first love.

This short is one of four film sketches that comprise the feature La Fleur de l'âge. A co-production initiated by the NFB, it also included Fiametta by Gian Vittorio Baldi (Italy, 1965), Marie-France et Véronique by Jean Rouch (France, 1965) and Ako by Hiroshi Teshigara (Japan, 1965). In French with English subtitles.

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Ages 15 to 17
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Family Studies/Home Economics - Adolescent Development Health/Personal Development - Sexuality Media Education - Film and Video Production
In the mid-1960s, two teenage girls travel to Quebec City for the Winter Carnival. Full of wonder and life, they seem happy and carefree. They soon find that love can be bittersweet, and friendship can have a darker side. How did the filmmaker convey those feelings? Do you think he showed a good grasp of female psychology and its subtleties? How do music and silence function in this film? Can you think of a moment or a scene where you felt a state of weightlessness? What does the use of close-ups in the film mean to you? Lastly, what is the symbolic purpose of Champlain’s bed in the film?

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