Jacques Drouin Movies
- 1973

Ordinary Tenderness
Ordinary Tenderness9.31973HD
A lonely woman spends the winter isolated and reminiscing about the past as she waits for her husband to return from a prolonged absence.
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- 1990

The Company of Strangers
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A busload of women become stranded in an isolated part of the Canadian countryside. As they await rescue, they reflect on their lives through a...
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- 1992

Momentum
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Go head-to-head with an icebreaker. Plunge down a twisting mountain gorge. Soar through the clouds in the nosecone of a jet, then speed along with a...
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- 1978

Chairmen
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This short animated film presents an allegorical portrait of a society where men have lost their autonomy in the struggle to be recognized by the...
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- 1975

Musicanada
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With no commentary other than the music and words of the performers themselves, this fast-moving film presents the grandest Canadian concert of them...
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- 2003

Winter Days
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An animated film based on one of the renku (collaborative linked poems) in the 1684 collection of the same name by the 17th-century Japanese poet...
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- 2024

Why Pinscreen?
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The Pinscreen is a tool that was created in the 1930s to make animation films. Although it no longer provides any technical advantages, a handful of...
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- 1978

Derrière l'image
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This feature-length documentary analyzes television newscasts and, as a result, takes a look at the news industry as a whole. By tackling five major...
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- 2004

Imprints
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In this non-narrative animated film inspired by composer François Couperin's harpsichord composition "Barricades mystérieuses," Jacques...
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- 1988

The Relationship
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This film explores how Canada wavers between rejection and acceptance of closer ties with the United States, tracing the historical precedents of...
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- 1996

A Web of War
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The stories of the battles that brought together a Polish cavalry officer, a Canadian captain, and a Polish underground member are told by the very...
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- 1979

A Scream from Silence
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A director and an editor, both women, cannot work on a movie presenting the rape of a nurse without reacting on the scenes they're working on, the...
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- 1982

The Road to Patriation
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This feature documentary retraces the century of haggling by successive federal and provincial governments to agree on a formula to bring home the...
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- 1970

Occupation
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Students seeking greater control over the hiring of faculty occupy the offices of the Political Science Department at McGill University. The film...
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- 2009

Jacques Drouin: In Relief
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This documentary is a portrait of the animator of Le Paysagiste, from his childhood in Eastern Quebec to his career at the NFB. Trained at the...
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- 1982

If You Love This Planet
If You Love This Planet7.51982HD
Australian pediatrician Helen Caldicott delivers a lecture on the potential medical and societal consequences of a nuclear war, and advocates for...
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- 1979

Twice Upon a Time
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This short satirical film takes us to Stereoville, a city where citizens must literally double up in their efforts to deal with the community’s...
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- 1998

Asylum
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This feature documentary follows three newly arrived people in Canada and their experiences with the Canadian Refugee process. As claims are assessed...
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- 1984

The Masculine Mystique
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This feature-length drama explores the changing role of men in today's society by delving into the stories of 4 men and their relationships with...
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- 1994

Concision: No Time for New Ideas
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This video focuses primarily on the implications of the structure and format of television, especially the consequences of concision, and how these...
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