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Premiers jours

Directed by Clorinda Warny
Canada, 1980 (animation, 9 minutes, colour, French)
Also known as "Beginnings"
Premiers jours
Image: © National Film Board of Canada

Film Description:
"This film describes the animator's personal view of the universe. Abstract landscapes evolve into strange, god-like figures whose images revert into landscapes. The movements are slow and dreamy. The product of an eclectic imagination, this universe draws on historical, literary and classical sources to illustrate our close ties with nature."
-- National Film Board of Canada (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Produced by: Gaston Sarault, Pierre Moretti
Film Editing: Jacques Drouin
Music: Denis Larochelle
Production Company: Office national du film du Canada / National Film Board of Canada
Additional Credits: Complété posthumément [Completed posthumously]: Suzanne Gervais, Lina Gagnon
(sources)

Quote about Premiers jours [in French]

"Premiers Jours un film essentiel; il s'agit d'une plongée dans l'univers personnel de la réalisatrice, une vision surréaliste de son monde intérieur avec une touche d'érotisme savamment dosée et laissant place à des interprétations variées. [Clorinda] Warny anime le désir féminin dans un monde hétérosexuel androcentré."
-- Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre (source)

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