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The Fiancée of Life

The Fiancée of Life (French: La fiancée de la vie) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Carole Laganière and released in 2001.[1] Titled for a Malaysian proverb that death is the fiancée of life, the film profiles young children who are coming to terms with the deaths of parents or siblings.[2]

The film won the Best Canadian Feature Documentary at the 2002 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[3]

References

  1. ^ Annie Lefebvre, "Rencontre avec six auteurs : Galerie de portraitistes". Ciné-Bulles, Volume 24, Number 1, Winter 2006, p. 40–45.
  2. ^ Luce Des Aulniers, "Derrière les yeux d’enfants : Droit devant, deux caméras". Frontières, Volume 13, Number 1, Fall 2000, p. 65–67.
  3. ^ "Hot Docs prize goes to Montreal director". The Globe and Mail, May 7, 2002.