Person
Richard Boutet
Directing
Biography
Richard Boutet is a director and producer born in Montreal in 1940 who has worked with the National Film Board of Canada and Vidéographe. In his prolific career he has made numerous films, including Le Spasme de vivre, a movie about the problem of suicide among young Quebecers that was nominated for best feature film at the World Film Festival in 1991, The War to End of all Wars (La Guerre oubliée), a documentary that won the Alberta-Quebec Award in 1988, and The Ballad of Hard Times (La Turlute des années dures), a movie about the Great Depression of the 1930s which won the L.-E.-Ouimet-Molson Award in the best feature film from Quebec category, the Sesterce d'Argent and the ecumenical prize at the Festival International de Nyon. He directed Le Chemin brut de Lisette et Romain in 1995 and Survivants de l'apocalypse in 1998. A dedicated filmmaker, Richard Boutet is as passionate about his social interests as he is determined to revive the documentary art form.
Known for
The Ballad of Hard Times
Director
Le chemin brut de Lisette et Romain
Director
La conspiration des lampadaires
Director
Le spasme de vivre
Director
Mortel désir
Producer
Sexe de Rue
Screenplay
Entre deux vagues
Director
La maladie, c’est les compagnies
Producer
The Forgotten War
Director
Filmography
- 2003Sexe de RueScreenplay
- 1995Le chemin brut de Lisette et RomainDirector
- 1995Mortel désirProducer
- 1991Le spasme de vivreDirector
- 1988The Forgotten WarDirector
- 1985Entre deux vaguesDirector
- 1983The Ballad of Hard TimesDirector
- 1979La maladie, c’est les compagniesProducer
- 1974La conspiration des lampadairesDirector
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