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Just a Game

Drame psychologique qui traite du sujet délicat de l'inceste. Le film fut présenté à la Quinzaine des réalisateurs du Festival de Cannes en 1983 et au 13ème New Directors/New Films Festival à New York.. - - Note de l'auteure: ''J'ai été sensibilisée à l'inceste père-fille par le récit que m'en fit une femme. Son mal de vivre d'adolescente et de femme adulte était une conséquence directe et malheureuse de cette expérience. Son récit eut l'effet de me bouleverser autant que de susciter ma curiosité. J'eus donc l'idée d'en faire un film pour raconter, à ma façon, la douloureuse agonie de l'amour d'une adolescente pour son père''. - - Analyses: Brigitte Sauriol s'attaque à la réalité de l'inceste, c'est-à-dire à ce qui se passe vraiment dans la majorité des cas, quand une ou des petites filles sont en butte aux sollicitations de leur père, dans une famille moyenne. Brigitte Sauriol a fait ici un film de dénonciation, sans fioritures et sans romantisme. L'ensemble est cru, basé sur une recherche exhaustive du phénomène de l'inceste chez nous et ailleurs. Rien qu'un jeu est la somme des points les plus communs des divers témoignages recueillis. (Texte de Françoise Wéra, paru dans La Vie en rose, novembre 1983, p. 57) - - - 'Just a Game', has been indifferently acted, and its screenplay is predictable. Much more energy is spent in documenting the family's problem than in understanding it. (Texte de Janet Maslin, paru dans NY Times, 8 avril 1984)

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Cast & Crew See All

Madeleine Arsenault
Rachelle
Lothaire Bluteau
Disc jockey
Jimmy Bond
Pianist

Awards

  • 1984 - Genie - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - nominated
  • 1984 - Genie - Best Achievement in Direction - nominated
  • 1984 - Genie - Best Original Song - nominated
  • 1984 - Genie - Best Achievement in Sound Editing - nominated

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