Underplayed Gems

The Time of the Hunt (1972)

The Time of the Hunt poster
Original title
Le temps d'une chasse
Directed by
Francis Mankiewicz
Genre
drama film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
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How it feels

Three friends take a young boy on a weekend hunting trip in the Canadian wilderness. The men teach the boy their ideas about masculinity through hunting rituals.

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What happens

The Time of the Hunt (French: Le Temps d'une chasse) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Francis Mankiewicz and released in 1972. An examination of masculinity, the film centres on Willy (Guy L'Écuyer), Richard (Marcel Sabourin) and Lionel (Pierre Dufresne), three friends on a weekend hunting trip who are instructing Richard's son Michel (Olivier L'Écuyer) in the rituals and practices of what they believe it means to be a man. The film's cast also includes Frédérique Collin, Luce Guilbeault, Amulette Garneau and Monique Mercure. The film won three Canadian Film Awards at the 24th Canadian Film Awards ceremony, for Best Cinematography (Michel Brault), Best Sound (Claude Hazanavicius) and a special achievement award for Mankiewicz. It was later screened at the 1984 Festival of Festivals as part of Front & Centre, a special retrospective program of artistically and culturally significant films from throughout the history of Canadian cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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