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À La Croisée Des Chemins
''At the Crossroads'' () is a 1943 Canadian film directed by Jean-Marie Poitevin and written by Paul Guèvremont. The first dramatic feature to be produced by a Quebec religious community, the Société des Missions-Étrangères du Québec, it was narrated by René Lévesque, the future premier of Quebec. Plot A young man, Jean Liber (Paul Guèvremont), who, at the end of his ''cours classique'', decides to leave his rich, happy family and his fiancée, Pauline (Denise Pelletier), in order to become a missionary in China. This story of his struggle, 'at the crossroads' between love and God's calling, is clearly a pretext for a film designed to encourage young men to enter missionary work. Production ''At the Crossroads'' was the first fictional feature-length film made in sound in Quebec. It was an adpatation of Guy Stein's ''La folle aventure''. Importance ''À la croisée des chemins'' was based on a religious drama by Guy Stein, ''La folle aventure'', which had been staged in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Guèvremont
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