''Jacques and November'' () is a 1984 Canadian

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directed by

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and

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. The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the

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, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film stars Beaudry as Jacques Landry, a man in his early 30s who is dying of an unspecified incurable disease and documenting his thoughts on mortality in a video diary; simultaneously, his friend Denis (Pierre Rousseau) is trying to make a higher-budget documentary film about him. Critics largely analyzed the film not as focusing on death as such, but as an affirming and uplifting look at the meaning that friends and family bring to life. Although Jacques Landry's terminal illness was not specified in the film, the LGBT magazine ''

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'' reviewed it as an

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allegory, directly comparing and contrasting its views of mortality with the contemporaneous HIV/AIDS-themed documentary film '' No Sad Songs''.

Production

and

directed and wrote the film. Serge Giguère did the film photography while Claude de Maisonneuve and Bouvier did the video photography. Beaudry edited the film. Michel Rivard did the music for the film. The film was initially given a budget of $50,000, but it grew to $225,000. $25,000 came from

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and $7,000 from the Quebec Institute of Cinema. $13,000 was used to shoot the film in Montreal over the course of 30 days between 23 November 1981 and 13 September 1982.

Release

Cinéma Libre distributed the film in Quebec and it premiered at the

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on 26 October 1984. It was released theatrically on 1 November.

Awards

The film was one of two selected for the Société générale du cinéma du Québec's annual awards, alongside

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's ''

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(La Guerre des tuques)''. The award's prize consisted of a $100,000 investment in the production of the directors' next films. The film received a

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nomination for

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, for Michel Rivard's "Le temps nous dépasse"."Scorecard of major nominees for tonight's Genie Awards on TV". ''

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'', March 20, 1986.

Cast

as Jacques Landry * Léa-Marie Cantin as Monique * Carole Chatel * Carole Fréchette as Pierrette * Pat Gagnon as Visiteur à l'hôpital * Pierre Rousseau as Denis Langlois

References

Works cited

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jacques And November 1984 films 1984 drama films Canadian drama films Films directed by François Bouvier Films about death Films directed by Jean Beaudry French-language Canadian films 1980s Canadian films