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Before the Time Comes (1975)
Directed by Anne Claire Poirier
Drama · 1h 27m
Hélène is a woman who already has, in her view, quite enough children. For some time she has secretly been taking birth control pills, but now she is too old to use them safely. When her husband Gabriel discovers the pills, he is distressed, since he wants a large family. The two of them discuss their differing attitudes and desires but come to no resolution.
Cast
Luce Guilbeault
Paule Baillargeon
Pierre Gobeil
J. Léo Gagnon
Paul Gauthier
Catherine Potvin
Crew
- Director
- Anne Claire Poirier
- Writer
- Anne Claire Poirier, Marthe Blackburn, Louise Carré
- Director of Photography
- Michel Brault, Suzanne Gabori
- Original Music Composer
- Maurice Blackburn
- Editor
- Christian Marcotte, Jacques Gagné
- Producer
- Anne Claire Poirier
Details
- Original title
- Le Temps de l'avant
- Release date
- 1975-04-11
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- ONF | NFB