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Expectations

Name: Expectations
Duration: 7 min

Suzanne Gervais

1993 | 7 min

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In this short, poetic film, a woman, 9 months pregnant, senses the danger the world holds for her unborn child. She wanders the city holding her camera, expressing and transforming this anxiety through photographic images. Combining live-action images with paper cut-outs, this moving film is about the survival of life on earth, and the hopes we cherish for our children. A film without words.

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<iframe src="https://www.nfb.ca/film/expectations/embed/player/" width="(( width ))" height="(( height ))" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true"></iframe><p style="width:(( width ))px"><a href="https://www.nfb.ca/film/expectations/" target="_blank"><em>Expectations</em></a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.nfb.ca/directors/suzanne-gervais/" title="more films by Suzanne Gervais" target="_blank"><span>Suzanne Gervais</span></a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.nfb.ca" target="_blank">provided by the National Film Board of Canada</a></p>

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director

Suzanne Gervais
camera

Suzanne Gervais
animation

Suzanne Gervais
producer

Yves Leduc
script

Suzanne Gervais

Hélène Ouvrard
editing

Monique Fortier
music

Ginette Bellavance

Daniel Toussaint

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