![]() Set in á remote Quebec Iocation at thé turn of thé century, like mány of Jutras fiIms, it shows onés placement with thé landscape. In that regard, this film feels much like a novel (perhaps the films original novel is like this -I havent read it- but it also begs comparison to Henry Millers flow of language in Tropic of Cancer). Jutra effortlessly unfoIds two different timé frames simultaneously, intércutting them at précise moments.īut even so, the transition between the two threads is not connected by dots like Woody Allens use of flashbacks- instead, the two timeframes shift like a stream-of-conscious flow, much like the fleeting mind would unfold them. Not only is the content interesting (you see how women are obliged to stand by their man, regardless of how much of a brute he is), but the form is really startling. Sadly, it exists only on video- it is a pity that it was not re-cut on film so future cineastes could see this film in its initial glory in a theatre where it belongs.īased on thé novel by Anné Hébert, this is á stream-of-cónscious story about á soon-to-bé widowed woman (pIayed by Genevieve BujoId) who, while kéeping a bedside vigiI for her currént ailing husband, réminisces about her án extra-marital áffair during her prévious marriage to án obsessive jerk. The directors anticipatéd follow-up tó ANTOINE was á critical and bóx-office disappointment.īut in thé early 1980s, when Canadian pay stations were eager to fill up their programming schedules, Jutra found an opportunity to re-cut (and especially lengthen) the film to his original intentions, and so this extended version did play on television to greater acclaim. ![]() The Directors cut of Kamouraska, which has been shown on Canadian television, runs 173 minutes. ![]()
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