My Life Is a River

My Life Is a River
FrenchUne vie comme rivière
Directed byAlain Chartrand
Diane Cailhier
Written byDiane Cailhier
Alain Chartrand
Produced byIolande Cadrin-Rossignol
Narrated byAlain Chartrand
Hélène Loiselle
CinematographyRaymond Dumas
Lynda Pelley
Edited byDominique Sicotte
Production
company
Release date
  • 1996 (1996)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

My Life Is a River (French: Une vie comme rivière) is a 1996 Canadian documentary film, directed by Alain Chartrand.[1] The film is a portrait of Chartrand's mother, labour unionist and human rights activist Simonne Monet-Chartrand.[1]

The film is essentially a sequel to A Man of His Word (Un homme de parole), his 1991 film about his father Michel Chartrand.[1] It was followed in 2000 by Chartrand et Simonne, his dramatic television miniseries about their relationship.[2]

The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 17th Genie Awards.[3]

  1. ^ a b c Bill Brownstein, "Film-maker Chartrand knows his subject". Montreal Gazette, March 11, 1996.
  2. ^ Mike Boone, "The show couldn't just go on". Montreal Gazette, January 19, 2000.
  3. ^ Christopher Harris, "Greyson's Lilies leads Genie field: Film with all-male cast gets 14 nominations". The Globe and Mail, October 17, 1996.