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The End of Summer

Filmed at a summer cottage in the Laurentians north of Montreal, this film penetrates briefly the charmed world of the adolescent. Watching and listening, you sense the bittersweet mood of childhood's end, the poignant awareness that nothing will ever be the same after this summer at the lake. With English subtitles.
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Filmed at a summer cottage in the Laurentians north of Montreal, this film penetrates briefly the charmed world of the adolescent. Watching and listening, you sense the bittersweet mood of childhood's end, the poignant awareness that nothing will ever be the same after this summer at the lake. With English subtitles.

Psychology and Psychiatry Children and Youth Social Issues All subjects
  • director
    Michel Brault
  • photography
    Michel Brault
  • script
    Alex Pelletier
  • sound
    Marcel Carrière
  • editing
    Werner Nold
  • music
    Stéphane Venne
  • re-recording
    Ron Alexander
    Roger Lamoureux

Education

Ages 15 to 17
School subjects
English Language Arts - CanLit Ethics and Religious Culture - Ethical Values Family Studies/Home Economics - Adolescent Development Health/Personal Development - Healthy Relationships
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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