Ordinary Tenderness (1973)
- Original title
- Tendresse ordinaire
- Directed by
- Jacques Leduc
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Rating
- 9.3 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A husband and wife are separated for months while he works in a remote town. The film cuts between his long drive home and her restless waiting at home.
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What happens
Ordinary Tenderness (French: Tendresse ordinaire) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jacques Leduc and released in 1973. A meditation on the relationship between love and loneliness, the film stars Jocelyn Bérubé and Esther Auger as a husband and wife who have been apart for several months as he was away working in Schefferville; the film's narrative intercuts between his long drive home at the end of his work assignment, and her time at home impatiently waiting for his arrival. The cast also includes Luce Guilbeault, Jean-Pierre Bourque, Claudette Delorimier, J.-Léo Gagnon, Plume Latraverse, Tiffany Lee, Jean-René Ouellet, Hélène Tremblay and Véronique Tremblay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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