Jean Pierre Lefebvre
Jean Pierre Lefebvre is a filmmaker born in Montréal in 1941. Lefebvre's remarkable films, most made on low budgets, present a singularly personal body of work. His first 3 features, including the magnificent Il ne faut pas mourir pour ça (1967), were made independently, and his work began to attract international attention. In 1967 he joined the National Film Board, where he made two features and produced the films of a number of young Québec filmmakers. He soon left and formed his own company, Cinak. Working consistently with his wife, Marguerite Duparc, who edited and produced almost all his work, Lefebvre advanced his humanitarian view of the world in films such as Les maudits sauvages (1971), Les dernières fiançailles (1973), Le vieux pays où Rimbaud est mort (1977), Les fleurs sauvages (1982), Le Jour S... (1984) and Alfred Laliberté, sculpteur (1987).
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Mon ami Michel
Duration: 1h37
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At the age of 68, filmmaker Michel Moreau, who dedicated most of his work to the disabled and marginalized, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. To document and share his experience, he asked his filmmaker friend, Jean-Pierre Lefebvre, to record the progression of his illness. Lefebvre agreed and filmed him over four years, working alone with a small Hi-8 camera.
Mon ami Michel
Duration: 1h37
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At the age of 68, filmmaker Michel Moreau, who dedicated most of his work to the disabled and marginalized, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. To document and share his experience, he asked his filmmaker friend, Jean-Pierre Lefebvre, to record the progression of his illness. Lefebvre agreed and filmed him over four years, working alone with a small Hi-8 camera.
