Movies: Jean Derome
- 1989
Lessons on Life (1989)
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A day in the life of a Quebec magazine writer - his fortieth birthday - from his dream before waking to his last act before sleeping. He looks back over his life, his thoughts, and his loves....
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- 1990
Step Across the Border (1990)
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An avant-garde documentary film on English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith....
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- 1989
Strand, Under the Dark Cloth (1989)
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This documentary studies the life and artwork of photographer Paul Strand, using his own compelling photography as well as interviews with his friends, acquaintances and third wife. Documentarian John Walker explores the various influences Strand enc...
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- 2009
A Monk's Secret (2009)
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This short documentary tells the story of a cheese—the famous Oka—and of the monks who make it. The Trappists in Oka, Quebec, began making the cheese around 1890, when a Trappist monk from France taught them the recipe, which dates back to the 11th c...
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- 1997
Four Women of Egypt (1997)
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Four female friends from Egypt with opposing religious, social, and political views listen to one another's perspectives and argue openly, without ever breaking the bond that unites them....
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- 2006
From My Window, Without a Home (2006)
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After abandoning her four-year-old daughter in Lebanon to pursue a better life in Quebec, Sana cuts every link to her Lebanese ties and never looks back. That is until her daughter, now 21, shows up in Montreal for a visit. This film explores what it...
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- 1979
La Belle apparence (1979)
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- 1984
L'Émotion dissonante (1984)
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Mixing Cinema Vérité, animation, narrative fiction and stage theater, a look at drug use by the Montreal youth in the 80s, through various characters interacting in their own ways with drugs....
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- 2004
Accordion (2004)
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Exploration of the connections between sex, love and technology....
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- 2004
Soraida, a Woman of Palestine (2004)
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Soraïda is a Palestinian woman living in Ramallah, in the occupied territories. In this city under siege and a strict curfew, she fights her own battle: despite the military occupation, violence and oppression, she is determined not to lose her human...
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- 2010
Children of Soldiers (2010)
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In this documentary shot at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa during a troop deployment to Afghanistan, children and teens talk about the particular circumstances of having soldiers as parents. Directed by Claire Corriveau, Children of Soldiers lifts the...
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- 2006
Here and There (2006)
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In this animated short, filmmaker Diane Obomsawin shows how childhood can be a chaotic time, especially if you're bouncing back and forth between two continents. With engaging candour and gentle humour, Obomsawin fleshes out an uncertain identity an...
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- 2005
La Pharmacie de l'espoir (2005)
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