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Unfaithful Mornings (1988)

Unfaithful Mornings poster
Original title
Les matins infidèles
Directed by
François Bouvier, Jean Beaudry
Genre
drama film, fiction film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A photographer takes a picture of the same street corner every morning at 8 a.m. A novelist then writes a story based on those photographs. The film follows both men as they work through their separate creative projects.

contemplativeslow-pacedintrospectivequietthoughtfulmeditativeunderstated

What happens

Unfaithful Mornings (French: Les matins infidèles) is a Canadian drama film, directed by François Bouvier and Jean Beaudry and released in 1989. An exploration of the creative process, the film stars Denis Bouchard as Jean-Marc, a photographer undertaking a project in which he photographs the same street corner each morning at 8 a.m., and Beaudry as Marc, a novelist who is writing a fiction work based on the photographs. Bouvier and Beaudry received a Genie Award nomination for Best Director at the 11th Genie Awards. Denis Bouchard won the 1989 Prix Guy-L'Écuyer for Unfaithful Mornings. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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