Claude Fournier

Directing

Biography

Claude Fournier (July 23, 1931 – March 16, 2023) was a Canadian film director, screenwriter, editor and cinematographer. He is one of the forerunners of the Cinema of Quebec. He was the twin brother of Guy Fournier.

Filmography Movies

Acting

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Rebels with a Camera

Thanks to the development of techniques and the adventurous spirit of pioneering filmmakers, among whom Michel Brault occupies a central place, a new way of making cinema was born at the turn of the 1950s and 1960s. This film relevantly retraces the history of a collective movement which revolutionized production and filming methods in Quebec and the world.

The Magical Eye

8.0(0.0K)

Features clips from 21 documentary and animation film classics, interviews with NFB filmmakers past and present, and incisive commentary from film critics and historians on the role and influence of the NFB during its first half century of existence.

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The Magical Eye

Self

Two bored Montreal housewives (Monique Mercure & Louise Turcot), with inattentive husbands (Marcel Sabourin & Donald Pilon), and lots of time on their hands, amuse themselves by paying the local tradesmen something extra to give them amorous attention. Their entertainment leads to frantic confusion, however, when one of the visiting gentlemen - shall we say - 'expires'. The housewives deal with their unpleasant situation quite energetically.

The Apple, the Stem and the Seeds

3.0(0.0K)

While on his honeymoon, a man who suddenly becomes impotent, tries to recover his virility.

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The Apple, the Stem and the Seeds

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The Apple, the Stem and the Seeds

3.0(0.0K)

While on his honeymoon, a man who suddenly becomes impotent, tries to recover his virility.

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The Apple, the Stem and the Seeds

Writer

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Heads or Tails

6.5(0.0K)

A heterosexual man pretends to be gay in order to keep his career in the world of art, which causes many misunderstandings with his wife, and mother.

My Only Love

4.6(0.0K)

The unexpected acquaintance with a young prostitute helps the venerable writer to overcome writer's block. Quite shocking story of her life inspires him for a new book.

The Tin Flute

7.2(0.0K)

In the early 1940's, Canada is a country at war and Florentine is a young woman, from a very poor family, looking for love. She meets two suitable men, a nice soldier from a good and wealthy family, and an ambitious self-centered engineer. She must decide whether she wants to follow her head or her heart...

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The Tin Flute

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