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Bookmark this pageJ.A. Martin, Photographer (1976)
Director: Jean Beaudin
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From Time Out Film Guide
Leaden venture into the world of the period 'art' movie, not so much meditative as cataleptic. Primarily about Rose-Aimée and her decision to abandon her household temporarily to accompany her photographer husband on one of his annual tours (in 19th century Quebec), the title seems misplaced; indeed, this sort of erratic emphasis dogs the whole farrago. The structure works by too simple a process of accretion - a succession of 'telling' vignettes at each halt, as the couple photographically encounter capitalism, death, marriage, love, sex, even a miscarriage (he impassively reaches for his shovel). Their final rekindling of passion is only barely justified by the previous pedestrian episodes. And it's all heavily sunk with the usual up-market trappings: ochre tints, half-lit interiors, blank inter-scene pauses, long-held reaction shots; as if Bergman had got hold of The Archers. CPea.Author: CPea
Cast & crew
Director: Jean Beaudin
Producer: Jean-Marc Garand
Cast: Marcel Sabourin, Monique Mercure, Marthe Thierry, Catherine Tremblay, Mariette Duval, Denis Hamel full cast
Duration: 101 mins
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