Onyx Films Explained

Onyx Films was a film production business in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1962 by Pierre Lamy and his brother André Lamy.^{[1] [2]} Their films include Le Viol d'une jeune fille douce ('The Rape of a Sweet Young Girl'), a satire. Gilles Carle worked with the film company on several productions.^[3]

The Canadian Post Office and Royal Canadian Mounted Police had contracts with Onyx to make films in 1971.^[4]

The 2010 documentary film La vie privée d'Onyx ('The Very Private Affair of Onyx') directed by Denys Desjardins is about the company's history.^{[5] [6]}

Filmography

• Pas de vacances pour les idoles ('No Vacation for Idols') (1965)^{[7] [8]}
• Le Viol d'une jeune fille douce ('The Rape of a Sweet Young Girl') (1968)^[9]
• Deux femmes en or ('Two Golden Women') (1970)^{[10] [5]}
• Les Males ('The Males') (1971)^[11]
• La Feuille d'Erable ('The Maple Leaf') (1971), a series directed by Aimée Danis, Gilles Carle, and other^[12]
• All Ears to Gaspé (1974), a documentary film about Quebec's Gaspé region.^{[13] [14]} The film documents the lifestyle of the Gaspesie people in the area of fishing and tourism as well as the departure of young people.^{[12] [15]}
• Carnaval d'hiver de Québec^[16]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lamy dead at 72.
2. Web site: Making Movie History: André Lamy. National Film Board of. Canada. www.nfb.ca.
3. Book: Creative Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-century Creative and Performing Artists (Volume 1). December 15, 1971. University of Toronto Press. 9781442637832. Google Books.
4. Book: Quebec: A Chronicle: 1968-1972. Nick Auf der. Maur. Robert. Chodos. April 17, 1972. James Lorimer & Company. 9780888620255. Google Books.
5. Web site: Entrevue avec Denys Desjardins - Rêves et détresses de notre industrie du cinéma. Le Devoir.
6. Web site: L'Histoire insoupçonnée du cinéma québécois.
7. Book: Canada and Canadians in Feature Films: A Filmography, 1928-1990. 9780889554153. Project. Canadian Film. 1996.
8. Web site: Pas de vacances pour les idoles – Film de Denis Héroux.
9. Book: Pratley . Gerald . Torn Sprockets: The Uncertain Projection of the Canadian Film . 1987 . University of Delaware Press . 978-0-87413-194-9 . en.
10. Web site: article. November 18, 2020. nouvelles.umontreal.ca.
11. Book: Torn Sprockets: The Uncertain Projection of the Canadian Film. 9780874131949. Pratley. Gerald. 1987.
12. Web site: Documentation Sur la Recherche Féministe. April 17, 1979. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Google Books.
13. Web site: Canadiana. April 17, 1976. National Library of Canada.. Google Books.
14. Web site: Films and Other Materials for Projection. Library of. Congress. April 17, 1978. Library of Congress.. Google Books.
15. Web site: NICEM Update of Nonbook Media. National Information Center for Educational. Media. April 17, 1978. Los Angeles, University of Southern California.. Google Books.
16. Web site: Films and Other Materials for Projection. Congress. Library of.