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Les épouses de l'armée

2007 52 min
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Documentaire-choc sur les épouses de militaires. Ce sont des civiles et pourtant l'armée dirige leur vie. Lorsque son mari a joint l'Air Force, la réalisatrice a ainsi découvert un monde subordonné aux besoins de l'armée. Portrait percutant de l'existence difficile des conjointes de militaires, isolées et seules, n'ayant aucun contrôle sur leur vie.

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Les épouses de l'armée

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Documentaire-choc sur les épouses de militaires. Ce sont des civiles et pourtant l'armée dirige leur vie. Lorsque son mari a joint l'Air Force, la réalisatrice a ainsi découvert un monde subordonné aux besoins de l'armée. Portrait percutant de l'existence difficile des conjointes de militaires, isolées et seules, n'ayant aucun contrôle sur leur vie.

National Security and Defence
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  • participation
    Alexa Brind'Amour Riffou
    Camélia Brind'Amour Riffou
    Christina Brind'Amour
    Gabriel Brind'Amour Riffou
    Diana Brossmer-Bergeron
    Patricia Colbert-Houle
    Isabelle Dugas
    Nancy Fillion
    Deborah Harrison
    Nathalie Labrecque
    Lucie Laliberté
    Éric Lalonde
    Glenda Leduc-Alchorn
    Marie-Claude Michaud
    Linda Parent
    Claude Pigeon
    Rick Pitre
    Larry William Richardson
    Charles Riffou
    Julie Séguin
    Dany St-Laurent
    Mélanie Tanguay
    Caroline Trudel
  • direction
    Claire Corriveau
  • script
    Claire Corriveau
  • research
    Claire Corriveau
  • production direction
    Doris Lapierre
  • narration
    Claire Corriveau
  • None
    Luc Léger
    Martin-David Peters
    Georgette Duchaine
    Michel La Veaux
    Geoffroy Beauchemin
    Alex Margineanu
    François Gamache
    Jan Zuchlinski
    Marie-Andrée Pâquet
  • sound
    Marcel Fraser
    Sylvain Arsenault
    Pierre Bouchard
  • electrician
    Steve Renaud
  • editing
    Petra Valier
  • editing assistant
    Angela Fong
  • sound editing
    Daniel Toussaint
  • sound effects creation
    Lise Wedlock
  • subtitles
    Claude Dionne
  • original music
    Daniel Bouliane
  • musician
    Daniel Bouliane
    Ken Mahoney
    Mario Gilbert
  • singer
    Sherri Harding
  • online editing
    David Oxilia
  • sound mixer
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • titles
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • marketing officer
    Mia Desroches
    Julie Arseneault
  • administrator
    Johanne Dubuc
    Manon Provencher
  • administrative team
    Vanessa Emam
    Alexandrine Torres de Figueiredo
  • technical coordinator
    Samuel Lambert
    Brigitte Sénéchal
  • delegate producer
    Jocelyne Dignard-Saleh
  • post-production producer
    Anne-Marie Rocher
  • executive producer
    Claudette Jaiko
    Jacques Turgeon
  • producer
    Claudette Jaiko

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Education

Ages 12 to 17

Civics/Citizenship - Human Rights
Family Studies/Home Economics - Adolescent Development
Family Studies/Home Economics - Child Development
Family Studies/Home Economics - Family Diversity and Challenges
Health/Personal Development - Human Growth and Development
Science - Biology

Brainstorm the idea of a military family’s lifestyle. What do students know about the hardships that accompany this way of life? Discuss the compromises that families must make to accommodate a parent’s military career. Have a discussion around the idea of wives considered to be “collateral damage” and vulnerable to the power of the military machine. Identify the loss of human rights for military spouses, who are usually women.

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