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
Quebec is a modern society where the suicide rate among 15-25 year olds is among the highest in the world. It is the second leading cause of death after car accidents. The result of three years of research in all environments, Le Spasme de vivre tells the life stories of different people, and all of these stories form a portrait of society.
Le spasme de vivre
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Le chemin brut de Lisette et Romain
Film-dossier on workers' struggles against industrial diseases.
La maladie, c’est les compagnies
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La conspiration des lampadaires
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Entre deux vagues
Using archival films, popular songs of the time and testimonials, evocation of the economic crisis of the 1930s as experienced by the people of Quebec
The Ballad of Hard Times
Testimonies of women and men living with HIV or AIDS on life, love and their illness.
Mortel désir
Current and historical look at street prostution in Montreal in a first person acccount and contrasted to relevant sociological factors. Prostitution as work, its influential factors, contributions and pitfals.
Sexe de Rue
It seems that Canada don't want to hear about their heroes of the two World Wars, especially in Quebec. In English, La Guerre oubliée means The Forgotten War. Here, we talk about the 1914-18 big thing. This documentary doesn't use old footage, but actors to show us some parts of that war in Quebec. Joe Bocan sings some songs of that period and makes the narrations. There's also some rare veterans of the war who talk.