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From Mother to Daughter

1968 · 76 min

An intimate, quietly observational portrait of pregnancy and new motherhood, tender but frank about the strain on body, marriage and identity.

Directed by
Anne Claire Poirier
Genres
Documentary, Drama
Starring
Liette Desjardins, Monique Chabot, Hubert Loiselle
Overview
Documents a woman's actual pregnancy; the emotions, the affects on her husband and first-born child, the birth itself via Caesarean section, and her struggle to return to work and a social life, while still being a good mother.

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Directed by
Anne Claire Poirier
Genres
Documentary, Drama
Starring
Liette Desjardins, Monique Chabot, Hubert Loiselle
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • parenthood
  • family
  • identity
  • work
  • gender
Places
  • home
  • hospital
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror1
Humour1
Realism9
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary, drama
Directed by
Anne Claire Poirier
Written by
Anne Claire Poirier
Starring
Liette Desjardins, Monique Chabot, Hubert Loiselle, Victor Désy, Nicole Germain
Music
Pierre Florent Brault
Cinematography
Jean-Claude Labrecque, François Séguillon
Runtime
76 min
Country
Canada
Languages
French

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