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Quelle pilule!

Directed by Sylvie Van Brabant
Canada, 1990 (documentary, 29 minutes, colour, French)
Also known as "Pills Unlimited"
Quelle pilule!
Image: © National Film Board of Canada
Video (National Film Board of Canada) [French]

Film Description:
"Why do so many elderly women believe in health dispensed from the vast supplies of the pharmacy? Is it possible to convince elderly women that they can eat well, sleep well, and maintain their zest for life, without drugs? In Pills Unlimited, young and old unite in the search for answers to these important questions. From a classroom where students are asked to research the subject to a doctor's office, and from a seniors' centre to a grandmother's apartment, the film explores the growing proplem of over-medication of the elderly."
-- National Film Board of Canada (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by: Sylvie Van Brabant
Produced by: Chantal Bowen, Josée Beaudet, Ginny Stikeman, Rina Fraticelli
Animation: Francine Desbiens
Film Editing: Pierre Bernier
Music: Claude de Chevigny
Production Company: Office national du film du Canada / National Film Board of Canada
(sources)

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