Johanne Prégent

Canadian film director and screenwriter

January 1, 1949 (74 years old)

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L'Île de sable

Can. 1999. Psychological drama by Johanne Prégent with Caroline Dhavernas, Sébastien Huberdeau, Anick Lemay. After learning shocking revelations about her past, a teenage girl flees to a sandy island in the Maritimes.

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Duplessis' Orphans

V.O.: Les Orphelins de Duplessis

Can. 1997. Social drama by Johanne Prégent with Lawrence Arcouette, Joël Drapeau-Dalpé, Xavier Morin-Lefort. In the 1950s in Quebec, a religious community mistreats and uses orphans as labour when they are classified as mentally ill by the government.

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Bye Bye Love

V.O.: Les Amoureuses

Can. 1993. Sentimental drama by Johanne Prégent with Louise Portal, Léa-Marie Cantin, Kenneth Welsh. While her best friend has just fallen in love, a forty-year-old woman is experiencing hardships in her relationship.

Runtime: 99 min.

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Blanche est la nuit

Can. 1989. Sentimental drama by Johanne Prégent with Léa-Marie Cantin, Jean L'Italien, René Gagnon. A young man has a stormy affair with a dancer he saved from suicide.

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La Peau et les os

Can. 1988. Documentary by Johanne Prégent with Hélène Bélanger, Sylvie Catherine Beaudoin, Louise Turcot. Exploration of the psychological motives underlying the anorexia and bulimia of certain teenage girls.

Runtime: 88 min.