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Le temps perdu

Court métrage documentaire sur les conversations philosophiques d'un groupe d'adolescents. Une adolescente de 16 ans se rappelle les derniers moments de ses vacances d'été passés avec ses camarades et amis dans la région des Laurentides, au nord de Montréal. Leurs discussions portent sur divers sujets existentiels comme la vie, la mort, l'amour, Dieu. Tourné à la manière du cinéma direct, à partir d'un scénario laissant aux adolescents la possibilité d’improviser et de s'exprimer, ce film cherche à atteindre ces jeunes.
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Court métrage documentaire sur les conversations philosophiques d'un groupe d'adolescents. Une adolescente de 16 ans se rappelle les derniers moments de ses vacances d'été passés avec ses camarades et amis dans la région des Laurentides, au nord de Montréal. Leurs discussions portent sur divers sujets existentiels comme la vie, la mort, l'amour, Dieu. Tourné à la manière du cinéma direct, à partir d'un scénario laissant aux adolescents la possibilité d’improviser et de s'exprimer, ce film cherche à atteindre ces jeunes.

Psychology and Psychiatry Children and Youth Social Issues All subjects
  • director
    Michel Brault
  • images
    Michel Brault
  • script
    Alec Pelletier
  • sound
    Marcel Carrière
  • editing
    Werner Nold
  • sound mixer
    Ron Alexander
    Roger Lamoureux
  • music
    Stéphane Venne

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Ages 15 to 17

Notes

This film looks at specific characteristics of adolescence: at that age, idealism is needed to define one’s personal values. Young people take an interest in themes centered on ideas related to identity, like feelings, attitudes and impressions. Using a quote from Françoise Sagan, “My favorite pastime is letting time pass, having the time, taking my time, wasting my time, living out of time—against the current,” ask students to write an essay on the idea of the passage of time.

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