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Wikipedia article
'Jacques and November' is a 1984 Canadian drama film directed by Jean Beaudry and Franois Bouvier. The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 58th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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."Movie within movie depicts dying days". 'Toronto Star', May 16, 1986.
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."Joyous ode to life in tale of dying man". 'Ottawa Citizen', May 30, 1986. Although Jacques Landry's terminal illness was not specified in the film, the LGBT magazine 'The Body Politic' reviewed it as an HIV/AIDS allegory, directly comparing and contrasting its views of mortality with the contemporaneous HIV/AIDS-themed documentary film 'No Sad Songs'."Learning to Talk Life and Death". 'The Body Politic', November 1985. p. 39.
Awards
The film was one of two selected for the Socit gnrale du cinma du Qubec's annual awards, alongside Andr Melanon's 'The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques)'."Quebec filmmakers share $200,000". 'The Globe and Mail', March 18, 1986. The award's prize consisted of a $100,000 investment in the production of the directors' next films."Quebec directors vying for prizes". 'The Globe and Mail', March 6, 1986.
The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Song, for Michel Rivard's "Le temps nous dpasse"."Scorecard of major nominees for tonight's Genie Awards on TV". 'Toronto Star', March 20, 1986.
Cast
* Jean Beaudry as Jacques Landry
* La-Marie Cantin as Monique
* Carole Chatel
* Carole Frchette as Pierrette
* Pat Gagnon as Visiteur l'hpital
* Pierre Rousseau as Denis Langlois
See also
* List of submissions to the 58th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Canadian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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