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Jonas and Lisa

Name: Jonas and Lisa
Duration: 9 min

Zabelle Côté & Daniel Schorr

1994 | 9 min

A woman does laundry to support her husband and three children. The children are obliged to work at a very young age and are terrorized and robbed by their stepfather. Unable to take it any more, the little boy runs away from home. Based on article 27 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, this film illustrates children's right to an adequate standard of living. A film without words.

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Credits

director

Zabelle Côté

Daniel Schorr
script

Zabelle Côté

Daniel Schorr
animation

Zabelle Côté

Daniel Schorr
producer

Thérèse Descary
animation camera

Jacques Avoine

Pierre Landry

Lynda Pelley

Raymond Dumas
sound

Paulo Brandão
music

Paulo Brandão
editing

Suzanne Allard
sound editing

Ginette Bellavance

Daniel Toussaint

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