Famille et variations

Famille et variations
Directed byMireille Dansereau
Produced byAnne Claire Poirier
Narrated byGinette Paris
CinematographyMichel Thomas-d'Hoste
Roger Rochat
Edited byJacques Drouin
Music byRobert Léger
Marie-Michèle Desrosiers
Marthe Blackburn
Pierre Huet
Production
company
Release date
  • March 30, 1977 (1977-03-30)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Famille et variations is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Mireille Dansereau and released in 1977.[1] The film is a portrait of the changing social and political context of the nuclear family in the 1970s, focusing on four families of varying circumstances: a traditional nuclear family with a special needs child, a separated family, a single-parent family and a family in a communal living environment.[2]

The film received a Canadian Film Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 28th Canadian Film Awards in 1977.[3]

  1. ^ Connie Tadros, "Quebec's cinema finds new focus in documentaries". Montreal Gazette, April 7, 1977.
  2. ^ Ann Shortell, "New library celebrates with Oscar winners". Kingston Whig-Standard, April 21, 1978.
  3. ^ "Canadian Film Awards nominations". The Albertan, October 18, 1977.