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At the Crossroads (film)
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Wikipedia article
'At the Crossroads' is a 1943 Canadian film directed by Jean-Marie Poitevin and written by Paul Guvremont. The first dramatic feature to be produced by a Quebec religious community, the Socit des Missions-trangres du Qubec, it was narrated by Ren Lvesque, the future premier of Quebec.
Plot
A young man, Jean Liber (Paul Guvremont), who, at the end of his 'cours classique', decides to leave his rich, happy family and his fiance, 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.
Importance
' la croise des chemins' was based on a religious drama by Guy Stein, 'La folle aventure', which had been staged in 1942 for the 300th anniversary of the founding of Montreal. Canadian film historian Peter Morris wrote: "It [the film] offers a remarkable ideological portrait of Quebec before the Quiet Revolution. Clearly apparent are the values of a lifestyle fostered by a militant Catholic Church: friendship, warmth, and an unproblematic family life. Equally apparent (at least in retrospect) are destructive self-sacrifice, repressed sexuality, and mutually sustaining links between religious and economic establishments."
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