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'Madame, vous avez rien'

Directed by Dagmar Teufel
Canada, 1982 (documentary, 56 minutes, colour, French)
Also known as "Plenty of Nothing"
'Madame, vous avez rien'
Image: © National Film Board of Canada
Video (National Film Board of Canada) [French]

Film Description:
"Half a million wives work with their husbands in family-run businesses, but most have no legal title to any part of the operation. This documentary focuses on several farm wives who are seeking their fair share of the family farm. In frank and friendly discussions with their husbands and with financial advisers, the women learn about co-ownership. The importance of having a legal arrangement becomes clear when a former farm wife tells how she lost everything she thought she owned when she and her husband divorced. Filmed in Québec's fertile Richelieu Valley, Plenty of Nothing encourages women to recognize the economic value of their work and to seek the legal recognition of their status and of their right to an equitable financial share."
-- National Film Board of Canada (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Produced by: Jacques Vallée
Cinematography: Jacques Leduc
Film Editing: Monique Fortier
Music: Christian Lafond
Production Company: Office national du film du Canada / National Film Board of Canada
(sources)

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