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Release Year1988
Runtime0h 31m
LanguageFrench
CertificationNR
GenresDrama
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DirectorPierre Jutras
WritersPierre Jutras, Michel Sénécal, Denis Bellemare
TypeFeature Film
Rating8.0 out of 10
Cast8 credited
Also Known AsLamento pour un homme de lettres
About Lamento pour un homme de lettres
Lamento is an unfinished novel by writer Albert Laberge. Laberge, recognized today as Quebec's first naturalist author, published La scouine in 1918, a novel that earned him accusations of pornography from the Catholic Church. The fiction paints an impressionistic portrait of a man torn between his literary ambitions and his exhausting work as a sports journalist for the daily La Presse.
Directed by Pierre Jutras, Lamento pour un homme de lettres leans on a strong ensemble — Gilbert Sicotte, Frédérique Collin, Gaston Lepage — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1988.
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