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Anne Claire Poirier Anne Claire Poirier O.C. (born 6 June 1932) is a Canadian film producer, director and screenwriter. Biography Poirier was born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. She was the only female filmmaker on the National Film Board of Canada in the 1960s and ...

and written by Poirier and

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. The film stars

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as Philippe and

Jacques Godin Jacques Godin (; 14 September 1930 – 26 October 2020) was a Canadian film, television and stage actor. He was born in Montreal, Quebec. Career He won the Canadian Film Award for Best Actor at the 25th Canadian Film Awards in 1973 for his role ...

as Victor, two older men living in a

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who fall in love; prior to moving into the home, Victor was openly gay while Philippe was

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about his own repressed homosexuality. The film was produced for the

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."People to people; The first Halifax Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Video, Film Festival opens on Friday". ''

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'', June 17, 1992.

Cast

* Jean Besré * Muriel Dutil *

as Victor Laprade * Juliette Huot * Marthe Nadeau *

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as Philippe Lanctot * Julie Vincent

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* 1989 films Canadian drama films Canadian LGBTQ-related films 1980s LGBTQ-related drama films 1989 LGBTQ-related films Films directed by Anne Claire Poirier National Film Board of Canada films Films based on Canadian short stories Films about old age French-language Canadian films 1980s Canadian films {{1980s-Canada-film-stub

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