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Screening on Film

Directed by Claude Jutra.
With Claude Jutra, Johanne Harelle, Victor Désy.
Canada, 1964, 16mm, black & white, 99 min.
French with English subtitles.
Print source: Cinematheque Québécoise

Freewheeling white filmmaker Claude (Jutra) questions his identity as he becomes passionately involved with a dark-skinned fashion model (Harelle). This improvisational, autobiographical work drew inspiration from Jutra’s collaborations with directors such as Truffaut (who makes a brief cameo) and marked a sea change for Québec cinema both in terms of its edgy style and its provocative subject matter.