For Better or For Worse (1975 film)

For Better or For Worse
FrenchPour le meilleur et pour le pire
Directed byClaude Jutra
Written byClaude Jutra
Produced byPierre Lamy
StarringClaude Jutra
Monique Miller
CinematographyAlain Dostie
Edited byPascale Laverrière
Production
company
Les Productions Carle-Lamy
Distributed byCinépix Film Properties
Release date
  • 1975 (1975)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

For Better or For Worse (French: Pour le meilleur et pour le pire) is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Claude Jutra and released in 1975.[1] The film centres on a day in the life of Bernard (Jutra) and Hélène (Monique Miller), a married couple in middle age whose relationship has grown stale, but who reach a renewed understanding and appreciation of each other after a fight brought on by Bernard's mistaken belief that Hélène is having an affair.[2]

Its cast also includes Monique Mercure, Paul Savoie, Pierre Dufresne and Roger Garand.

The film was screened out of competition at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival.[3] It had its Canadian premiere in September at the Stratford Film Festival,[4] before opening commercially in October.[5]

  1. ^ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 80.
  2. ^ :es Wedman, "For Better and For Worse? It's better to forget it". Vancouver Sun, November 27, 1975.
  3. ^ Tony Lofaro, "Canada comes on strong at Cannes". Ottawa Citizen, May 28, 1975.
  4. ^ John Laycock, "Jutra film worth waiting for". Windsor Star, September 16, 1975.
  5. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Pour le meilleur et pour le pire – Film de Claude Jutra". Films du Québec, April 15, 2009.