Claude Jutra

Claude Jutra

Birthday: 1930-03-11

Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Biography: Claude Jutra, a prominent Canadian actor and filmmaker, had honors named after him, like the Prix Jutra and the Claude Jutra Award, recognizing his impact on Quebec cinema. Diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's, he went missing in 1986 and was found dead in 1987, his death ruled a drowning. Allegations of sexual misconduct with underage boys in 2016 led to the removal of his name from awards and public places. The Globe and Mail noted the rapid downfall of his reputation after the initial accusation, prompting the film industry and governments to swiftly erase his name from trophies, parks, and streets within 24 hours.

Movies

Entretien en six temps avec Gilles Groulx
Entretien en six temps avec Gilles Groulx

This feature-length documentary brings together six of the rare television interviews given by Gille...

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Act of the Heart
Act of the Heart

A woman's peculiar religious convictions lead her on a self-destructive path....

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Take It All
Take It All

A man struggles with his identity, his life choices, his interracial relationship, and his latent ho...

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A Chairy Tale
A Chairy Tale

An ordinary-looking chair refuses to be sat upon....

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Les Jours et les Nuits
Les Jours et les Nuits

I give a methodical account of my film work: the creation of new series (Lire, Trio, Avec Mariola), ...

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Mon oncle Antoine
Mon oncle Antoine

Set in cold rural Quebec at Christmas time, we follow the coming of age of a young boy and the life ...

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For Better or For Worse
For Better or For Worse

An acerbic and surreal comedy about marriage and married life....

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Muggins
Muggins

A UCLA student film by Steve Wax. A poetic mood piece dealing with the death of an old man's spirit ...

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Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story
Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story

A revealing look at the great Quebecois director who gave us such classic films as Mon Oncle Antoine...

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Far from the Sun
Far from the Sun

The six members of the working-class Bessette family each mimic a certain stage of the life of the i...

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Till Death Do Us Part
Till Death Do Us Part

Three troubled couples attend a two day marital retreat in hopes of saving their marriages. Unbeknow...

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Perpetual Movement
Perpetual Movement

An experimental short film shot in slow motion and set to Ottokar Nováček's violin composition Perpe...

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The Rape of a Sweet Young Girl
The Rape of a Sweet Young Girl

When a sexually promiscuous young woman finds herself pregnant and unmarried her three brothers vow ...

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Knowing to Learn
Knowing to Learn

This feature documentary about education explores the mid-century state of learning in the classroom...

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Préambule
Préambule

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The Tin Flute
The Tin Flute

In the early 1940's, Canada is a country at war and Florentine is a young woman, from a very poor fa...

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Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short
Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra Safer Sex Short

So is this what the kids of today are into? Well, as long as it’s safe....

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La fleur aux dents
La fleur aux dents

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Jutra
Jutra

Through the magic of editing and animation, Claude Jutra is seen in dialogue with himself at various...

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Cinéma, cinéma
Cinéma, cinéma

An anthology of sequences from the best films that the National Film Board of Canada produced since ...

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Riel
Riel

A film about the actions of the Metis rebel leader who opposed the Canadian government in two sepera...

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Two Solitudes
Two Solitudes

The story of the problems caused by what became known as the Conscripton Crisis in 1917 Canada, whic...

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