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1981 (2009)

1981 poster
Directed by
Ricardo Trogi
Genre
drama film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 47 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A filmmaker looks back on his childhood in 1981. The movie shows his early experiences with family and friends.

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What happens

1981, longer title 1981: L'année où je suis devenu un menteur (1981: The Year I Became a Liar), is a 2009 Canadian-French language comedy-drama film from Quebec written and directed by Ricardo Trogi. It was released on September 4, 2009. The film is autobiographical about the youth years of the director as told by him during the film. The film was the first in what is, as of 2024, a tetralogy of semi-autobigraphical films about Trogi's life, followed by 1987, 1991 and 1995. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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