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Glimpses

2010 6 min
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This film depicts 24 hours in the life of an imagined city – a composite that draws on all Canadian cities. This imaginary day unfolds through the course of four seasons and reveals the nature of places and the people that make them so vibrant. The images in the film slowly come together with deft, impressionistic touches. Adopting the rhythm of someone strolling through the city, they intermingle and reply to each other – evoking a different story for each viewer.

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This film depicts 24 hours in the life of an imagined city – a composite that draws on all Canadian cities. This imaginary day unfolds through the course of four seasons and reveals the nature of places and the people that make them so vibrant.

The images in the film slowly come together with deft, impressionistic touches. Adopting the rhythm of someone strolling through the city, they intermingle and reply to each other – evoking a different story for each viewer.

  • direction
    Jean-François Pouliot
  • script
    Jean-François Pouliot
  • visual conception
    Normand Sarrazin
  • photography
    Serge Clément
    Claude-Simon Langlois
  • music - composition
    Mario Leblanc
  • musical adaptation
    Normand Roger
    Pierre Yves Drapeau
    Denis Chartrand
  • sound design
    Normand Roger
    Pierre Yves Drapeau
    Denis Chartrand
  • computer graphic design
    Paul Boisvert
  • editing
    Vicky Daneau
  • line producer
    Jean-Marie Comeau
  • producer
    René Chénier

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