Before the Time Comes
| Before the Time Comes | |
|---|---|
| French | Le Temps de l'avant |
| Directed by | Anne Claire Poirier |
| Written by | Marthe Blackburn Louise Carré Anne Claire Poirier |
| Produced by | Anne Claire Poirier |
| Starring | Luce Guilbeault Pierre Gobeil Paule Baillargeon |
| Cinematography | Michel Brault Suzanne Gabori |
| Edited by | Jacques Gagné Christian Marcotte |
| Music by | Maurice Blackburn |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
Before the Time Comes (French: Le Temps de l'avant) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Anne Claire Poirier and released in 1975.[1] The film stars Luce Guilbeault as Hélène, a housewife and mother who is raising her three children largely on her own without much help from her itinerant sailor husband Gabriel (Pierre Gobeil); when she becomes pregnant for a fourth time, she struggles both with her conscience and the opinions of her husband and her sister Monique (Paule Baillargeon) as she considers whether or not to have an abortion.[2]
It was the first Canadian film ever to address the subject of abortion.[2]
The film opened in Quebec theatres in 1975, and was subsequently screened in the International Critics' Week program at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
References
- ^ a b Charles-Henri Ramond, "Temps de l’avant, Le – Film de Anne Claire Poirier". Films du Québec, April 27, 2009.
- ^ a b Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 23.
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