Jacques Leduc
Jacques Leduc is a film director and cameraman born in Montreal in 1941. While being a writer for the magazine Objectif (1961-67), Leduc joined the National Film Board. He worked as a cameraman until 1967 when he began directing both fictional and documentary work alike. His first major film, We Are Far from the Sun (1970) was based on the life of Brother André and established Leduc's style: use of a complex structure, de-dramatization, and a distorted sensitivity. He did it again with Ordinary Tenderness (1973) that goes even further in search of the everyday. Albedo (1982) was part of an approach that renewed the conventions of direct cinema. His aesthetic is materialized in a body of work where reality and fiction are intertwined. In his subsequent films, Leduc reflects on the documentary form, Quebec society, political activism, and the role of women.
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Nominingue... depuis qu'il existe
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Subscription accessA chronicle of a small town in the Upper Laurentians that, at the turn of the 1960s, became a vacation spot par excellence. Nestled in the heart of a vast territory dotted with numerous lakes, mountains, and rivers, Nominingue was once perceived as a town of misery and hard-living. Over time, the municipality gradually became a place of rest for tourists, typical characters in a world full of ...
Vendredi - Les chars
A short documentary film about Montreal in the wintertime, covered by snow. This is the time of year when garage owners make bank. The automobile at the service of human beings? Seeing Les chars, one would be convinced of the opposite! This film is part of the series Chronique de la vie quotidienne, shot in the 1970s, for which Jacques Leduc, along with other directors, made a film for each ...
Nominingue... depuis qu'il existe
Nominingue... depuis qu'il existe
Subscription accessA chronicle of a small town in the Upper Laurentians that, at the turn of the 1960s, became a vacation spot par excellence. Nestled in the heart of a vast territory dotted with numerous lakes, mountains, and rivers, Nominingue was once perceived as a town of misery and hard-living. Over time, the municipality gradually became a place of rest for tourists, typical characters in a world full of ...
Vendredi - Les chars
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