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L'âge de la performance : messe pour les gagnants

Directed by Carole Poliquin
Canada, 1994 (documentary, 53 minutes, colour, French)
Also known as "L'âge de la performance", "The Age of Performance: Mass for a Time of Winners"

Film Description [in French] :
"Avec un humour qui fait grincer des dents, Carole Poliquin questionne la nouvelle religion de la performance, de la productivité et de la compétitivité : la vie elle-même serait-elle devenue un sport de haute compétition, avec ses quelques gagnants et son cortège de perdants?"
-- Cinémathèque québécoise (source)

Film Description:
"Performance is paramount these days. You must start earlier, go further and faster—even if it's only to your grave... Shot in Quebec, Europe, the U.S.A., and Japan, The Age of Performance, with grating humour, depicts the human condition in a society where productivity and competitiveness are set up as a religion."
-- Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival (source)


Film Credits (partial):
Written by: Carole Poliquin
Produced by: Isaac Isitan
Participants: Alain Ehrenberg, Albert Jacquard, Paul-Émile Laroche, Paul Kimmage, T.-J. Rodgers
Cinematography: Reynald Bellemare
Film Editing: France Désourdy
Music: Roger Blais
Production Company: Les Productions ISCA
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