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Boys Will Be Men

1980 29 min
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This film takes a candid, inside look at the world of juvenile delinquency. We are shown the tough existence on the streets of Montréal, but it could be any city in North America. Some boys as young as ten years of age talk about their lives of crime, the things that are important to them, and the hopes they hold for the future.

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This film takes a candid, inside look at the world of juvenile delinquency. We are shown the tough existence on the streets of Montréal, but it could be any city in North America. Some boys as young as ten years of age talk about their lives of crime, the things that are important to them, and the hopes they hold for the future.

  • director
    Donald Rennick
  • editing
    Donald Rennick
  • producer
    Edward Le Lorrain
    Margaret Pettigrew
  • executive producer
    Kathleen Shannon
  • photography
    André-Luc Dupont
  • sound
    Claude Lefebvre
  • sound editing
    Gloria Demers
  • re-recording
    Jean-Pierre Joutel
  • music
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