Jean-Marie Drot

French writer and filmmaker (1929-2015)

March 2, 1929 (September 23, 2015)

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La Poubelle province

Can. 2012. Documentary by Denis Blaquière. A documentary about waste management in Quebec, from landfill to incineration to recycling.

Runtime: 76 min.

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Nadia's Journey

V.O.: Le Voyage de Nadia

Can. 2006. Documentary by Carmen Garcia, Nadia Zouaoui. Forced into marriage at 19, a young Quebecer returns to her native village in Kabylia to learn about the traditions of her people.

Runtime: 72 min.

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Les Héritiers du mouton noir

Can. 2003. Documentary by Jacques Godbout. A look at the political path taken over the past ten years by various Quebec politicians who lived through the political turmoil that followed the failure of the Meech Lake Accord.

Runtime: 80 min.

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Silencing the Guns

V.O.: Le Silence des fusils

Can. 1996. Social drama by Arthur Lamothe with Jacques Perrin, Michèle Audette, Gabriel Gascon.

Runtime: 96 min.

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L'Enfant fusillé

Fr. 1985. Poetic drama by Jean-Marie Drot with Maurice Garrel, Maria Mériko, Antigone Amanitou. Obsessed with the last look of a condemned man, an elderly man lets his imagination run wild about his young neighbours.

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Vive Joseph Delteil

Fr. 1971. Documentary by Jean-Marie Drot. Interview with an octogenarian who retired to the countryside at the age of forty after a brief literary career.

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Un Certain Giovanni Brua

Fr. 1970. Adventures by Jean-Marie Drot with Stefano Terra, Many Barthod, Katia Nataridès.