Lessons on Life explained

Lessons on Life
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Director:Jacques Leduc
Producer:Suzanne Dussault
Pierre Latour
René Malo
Starring:Normand Chouinard
Paule Baillargeon
Music:René Lussier
Jean Derome
Cinematography:Pierre Letarte
Editing:Pierre Bernier
Studio:Malofilm Productions
Runtime:98 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:French

Lessons on Life (French: Trois pommes à côté du sommeil) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jacques Leduc and released in 1989.[1] The film stars Normand Chouinard as an unnamed magazine journalist who is reflecting on his life, and the important influence of three women on it, on the occasion of his 40th birthday.[2]

The cast also includes Paule Baillargeon, Paule Marier, Hubert Reeves, Marcel Sabourin, Guy Nadon, Marie-Josée Gauthier, Frédérique Collin and France Castel.

The film won the Prix Luc-Perreault from the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois in 1990.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Trois pommes à côté du sommeil – Film de Jacques Leduc". Films du Québec, March 12, 2009.
  2. [Gerald Pratley]
  3. "Prizes awarded for Quebec films". The Globe and Mail, February 12, 1990.