FRI, DEC 5 / 7 pm
Dir. Claude Jutra | Canada | 1972 | 174 min. (French w/English subtitles)
FREE ADMISSION
GUYLAINE DIONNE INTRODUCES: KAMOURASKA
Quebec director Guylaine Dionne introduces Claude Jutra’s KAMOURAKSA. Kamouraska, the most expensive Canadian film ever at the time of its release, follows the recollections of the film’s heroine and narrator, played by Bujold, who reflects on her tumultuous past and a marriage to an abusive husband, who dies at the hands of her lover. Set in the 1930s, the film was based on a novel by award winning writer Anne Hébert – who co-wrote the screenplay with Jutra – which was in turn inspired by an actual 19th-century murder.
Guylaine Dionne is one of the best directors of the new generation of women filmmakers. A native of the Province of Quebec, Guylaine Dionne has been working steadily in the film and television industry for more than a decade. Guylaine was the recipient of the 2006 Don Haig Award in celebration of her work as a creator both in fiction and in documentary. She studied film at Concordia University, and is now known as the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, where she has taught Film Production since 2000.
She visits Winnipeg to deliver a master class for filmmakers, a ‘Cinema Lounge’ introduction to Claude Jutra’s KAMOURASKA and the premiere of her new film, SERVEUSES DEMANDEES.
