This Is No Time for Romance (1967)

Original title

Ça n'est pas le temps des romans

Directed by

Fernand Dansereau

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

28 min

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A housewife in the 1960s starts to feel trapped by her roles as a wife and mother. She daydreams about other lives she could have lived.

introspectivecontemplativeresigneddreamlikequietmelancholicgroundedslow-burn

What happens

This Is No Time for Romance (French: Ça n'est pas le temps des romans) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Fernand Dansereau and released in 1967. An exploration of the changing role of women in the early years of feminism, the film stars Monique Mercure as Madeleine, a housewife who is beginning to resent being defined by her relationship to her husband Gervais (Marc Favreau) and their children, and daydreams about possible alternative life paths she could have taken. The film won the Canadian Film Award for Best Film Under 30 Minutes at the 20th Canadian Film Awards in 1968. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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