Lessons on Life (1989)
- Original title
- Trois pommes à côté du sommeil
- Directed by
- Jacques Leduc
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A Canadian journalist turns 40. He looks back at his life and the three women who shaped him.
reflectivecontemplativeintrospectivebittersweetslow-pacedmelancholicearthynostalgic
What happens
Lessons on Life (French: Trois pommes à côté du sommeil) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jacques Leduc and released in 1989. The film stars Normand Chouinard as an unnamed magazine journalist who is reflecting on his life, and the important influence of three women on it, on the occasion of his 40th birthday. The cast also includes Paule Baillargeon, Paule Marier, Hubert Reeves, Marcel Sabourin, Guy Nadon, Marie-Josée Gauthier, Frédérique Collin and France Castel. The film won the Prix Luc-Perreault from the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois in 1990. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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