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Justine's Film
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'Justine's Film' is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Jeanne Crpeau and released in 1989.Marco de Blois, "Critiques de cinq courts mtrages". '24 images' Iss. 47 (JanuaryFebruary 1990). pp. 6668. The film stars Marie-Hlne Montpetit as Justine, a lesbian woman who is coping with the end of her relationship with a woman she loved, but who only saw Justine as a friend rather than a girlfriend.Luc Perreault, "Le chant dsespr de Jeanne Crpeau". 'La Presse', October 26, 1989.
The cast also includes Paula de Vasconcelos, Danielle Trpanier, Stephanie Morgenstern, Denise Mnard, Roc Lafortune, La-Marie Cantin, Stephen Craig, Jose Chaboillez, Charlotte Laurier, Denis Trudel, Ariane Lee, Stphane Lestage, Grard Soler, Benot Pilon, Pol Turgeon, Vratislav Hadrava, Jean Turcotte, Isabelle Guilbault, Carole Faucher. The film is narrated entirely in voice-over, with no dialogue directly spoken by the characters.
The film screened at the 1989 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received an honorable mention from the Best Canadian Short Film award jury,"Quirky film `most popular' at Toronto festival". 'Ottawa Citizen', September 18, 1989. and at the 1990 Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, where it won awards for Best Experimental Film, Best Director and Best Musical Score."Awards for Montreal-made films". 'Montreal Gazette', June 4, 1990.
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