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J.A. Martin Photographer

1977 1 h 41 min
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In this feature drama, a wife takes the courageous decision to leave her 5 children at home and accompany her husband on his yearly summer tour as an itinerant photographer. This despite housework, routine and 14 years of marriage having created a mutual indifference. They travel through a turn-of-the-century countryside of narrow lanes and old-time weddings, but most importantly, to an eventual rediscovery of each other.

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In this feature drama, a wife takes the courageous decision to leave her 5 children at home and accompany her husband on his yearly summer tour as an itinerant photographer. This despite housework, routine and 14 years of marriage having created a mutual indifference. They travel through a turn-of-the-century countryside of narrow lanes and old-time weddings, but most importantly, to an eventual rediscovery of each other.

  • script
    Jean Beaudin
    Marcel Sabourin
  • dialogue
    Jean Beaudin
    Marcel Sabourin
  • director of photography
    Pierre Mignot
  • director of photography - assistant
    Jacques Tougas
    René Daigle
  • sound
    Jacques Blain
  • boom operator
    Alain Corneau
  • script-girl
    Monique Champagne
  • assistant director
    Michel Gauthier
  • artistic director
    Vianney Gauthier
  • artistic director - assistance
    André Loiseau
  • lighting
    Kevin O'Connell
  • lighting assistant
    Jacques Fortier
  • production manager
    Michel Dandavino
    Françoise Berd
  • assistant production manager
    Michel Siry
    Jean Courteau
  • grip
    Denis Deslauriers
  • hair styling
    Brigitte McCaughry
    Bob Prittchett
  • makeup
    Brigitte McCaughry
  • costumes
    Huguette Gagné
  • wardrobe
    Huguette Gagné
  • costume designer
    Louise Jobin
  • dress maker
    Raymonde St-Jacques
    Nicole Charette
  • set construction
    Jean Parisien
    Eugène Monette
    Jacques Charron
    Léo Marchand
    Georges Léonard
    Gilles Boisjolis
    Claude Paré
    Claude Goyette
    Jean Gauthier
  • second camera
    Pierre Letarte
  • second camera assistant
    Séraphin Bouchard
  • electrician
    Guy Rémillard
  • technical research
    Anthony Kiberis
    Carl Maillot
  • stills
    Takashi Seida
  • titles
    Jean-Marc Brosseau
  • billiard coach
    Roger Paquette
  • groom
    Antoine Kieffer
    Gaétan Veilleux
  • production secretary
    Michelle Guérin
    Gilles Péloquin
    Denise DesLauriers
  • music
    Maurice Blackburn
  • music recording
    Roger Lamoureux
  • re-recording
    Jean-Pierre Joutel
  • editing
    Jean Beaudin
    Hélène Girard
  • producer
    Jean-Marc Garand
  • director
    Jean Beaudin
  • cast
    Marcel Sabourin
    Monique Mercure
    Marthe Thiéry
    Catherine Tremblay
    Mariette Duval
    Denis Hamel
    Stéphane L'Écuyer
    Jacques Bilodeau
    Colette Courtois
    Marthe Nadeau
    André St-Denis
    Denise Proulx
    Robert Desroches
    Guy L'Écuyer
    Charlie Beauchamp
    Luce Guilbeault
    Denis Drouin
    Madeleine Pageau
    Éric Gaudry
    Yvan Canuel
    Germaine Lemyre
    Jean Lapointe
    Walter Massey
    Denis Robinson
    Henry Ramer
    Jean Mathieu
    Pierre Gobeil
    Pierre Daigneault
    Paul Cormier
    Bobby Lalonde
    Jocelyn Bérubé
    Yvon Leroux
    Louise Dubigue
    Gaétan Girard
    Colette Berthiaume
    Jean-Louis Berthiaume
    Francine Dufault
    Jean-Paul Lebel
    Mireille Machado
    René Rivest
    André St-Pierre
    Monique St-Pierre
    Françoise Berd
    Christiane Breton
    Colette Dorsay

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