| Description |
1 streaming video file (26 min.) : digital, stereo, sound, color |
| Series |
National Film Board Screening Room |
| Summary |
Somewhere in Acadie, there is a little white house where an unusual family used to live. Eight of the thirteen Lirette children had intellectual and physical disabilities. Anika Lirette traces the history of her family as it struggled with the consequences of a genetic disorder, phenylketonuria (PKU), that was still unknown at the time, but that is today easy to control through diet. In a Catholic society that condemned birth control, and at a time when medical services were virtually non-existent, the Lirette family was left to its own devices to battle against a harsh destiny that would be highly improbable in our day and age. Through first-person accounts and archival photography, the filmmaker has made a respectful, sensitive and touching family portrait that honours the memory of her grandparents. This documentary short was produced as part of the Tremplin contest, which gives young Canadian francophones living outside Quebec a chance to make their first film under professional conditions |
| Analysis |
Acadia Acadian families Hereditary diseases Physical disabilities Intellectual disorders Children Families with many children |
| Notes |
Acadie Studio. ;Tremplin 2008. ;Produced by the National Film Board of Canada with the collaboration of Société Radio-Canada, as part of the Tremplin 2008 contest with the financial support of Canadian Heritage through the Interdepartmental Partnership with Official-Language Communities (IPOLC) |
| Credits |
Participation, Lucille Cormier, Murielle Lirette, Roger Lirette, Yvon Lirette, Albertine Beers, Marie Breau, Léontine Lirette, Rita Lirette, Céleste Lirette, Arsène Lirette, Florence Lirette ; director/researcher/writer/narrator, Anika Lirette ; picture editing, Marie Hamelin ; camera, François Vincelette ; location sound, Stéphane Barsalou ; sound design/re-recording, Daniel Toussaint ; original music, Jean-François Mallet ; pre-shoot consultant, Monique LeBlanc ; foley, Lise Wedlock ; re-recording, Luc Léger ; producer, Murielle Rioux-Poirier, Maryse Chapdelaine ; executive producer, Jacques Turgeon |
| Performer |
Participation, Lucille Cormier, Murielle Lirette, Roger Lirette, Yvon Lirette, Albertine Beers, Marie Breau, Léontine Lirette, Rita Lirette, Céleste Lirette, Arsène Lirette, Florence Lirette ; narrator, Anika Lirette |
| Notes |
14-16 |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
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In French and English; also includes subtitles in English |
| In |
National Film Board Screening Room |
| Subject |
Intellectual disability.
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Phenylketonurias.
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Mentally ill -- Family relationships.
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Families of the mentally ill.
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intellectual disability.
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Families of the mentally ill
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Intellectual disability
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Mentally ill -- Family relationships
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Phenylketonurias
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| Genre/Form |
documentary film.
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Documentary films
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
National Film Board of Canada
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