When I Will Be Gone

When I Will Be Gone
Original titleL'Âge de braise
Directed byJacques Leduc
Written byJacques Leduc
Jacques Marcotte
Produced byLuc Vandal
StarringAnnie Girardot
France Castel
Pascale Bussières
CinematographyPierre Letarte
Edited byElisabeth Guido
Music byJean Derôme
Production
companies
Les Productions du Lundi Matin
Sunday Films
National Film Board of Canada
Distributed byFrance Films
Release date
  • April 27, 1998 (1998-04-27)
Running time
81 minutes
CountriesCanada
France
LanguageFrench

When I Will Be Gone (French: L'Âge de braise) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jacques Leduc and released in 1998.[1] The film stars Annie Girardot as Caroline Bonhomme, an elderly woman who is preparing for death.[2]

The cast also includes France Castel, Pascale Bussières, Domini Blythe, Widemir Normil, Denise Bombardier and Jean-Guy Bouchard. The film was inspired in part by the death of Leduc's own mother.[3]

Pierre Letarte received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Cinematography at the 1st Jutra Awards in 1999.

References

  1. ^ "Quebec Scene: Girardot lets go in Leduc feature L’Age de braise". Playback, May 19, 1997.
  2. ^ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 238.
  3. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Age de braise, L’ – Film de Jacques Leduc". Films du Québec, December 29, 2008.


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