My Friend Pierrette
FrenchMon amie Pierrette
Directed byJean Pierre Lefebvre
Written byJean-Pierre Lefebvre
Produced byClément Perron
StarringFrancine Mathieu
Yves Marchand
Raôul Duguay
CinematographyJacques Leduc
Edited byMarguerite Duparc
Production
company
Distributed byFaroun Films
Release date
  • July 20, 1969 (1969-07-20)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

My Friend Pierrette (French: Mon amie Pierrette) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre and released in 1969.[1] The film stars Yves Marchand and Francine Mathieu as Yves and Pierrette, a young couple who are spending their first vacation together at a family cottage when they meet Raoul (Raôul Duguay), an artist who comes between them.[2]

The film opened theatrically in Quebec in July 1969, and was later screened in the Directors Fortnight program at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

The film was included in Jean Pierre Lefebvre: Vidéaste, a retrospective program of Lefebvre's films at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]

References

  1. Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 150.
  2. 1 2 Charles-Henri Ramond, "Mon amie Pierrette – Film de Jean Pierre Lefebvre". Films du Québec, March 15, 2009.
  3. Brendan Kelly, "Lefebvre homage captures Montreal master’s vision". Variety, September 3, 2001.


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