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The great malaise / a film by Catherine Lepage ; producer, Marc Bertrand ; Animation Studio, French Program, National Film Board of Canada.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Perfectionism (Personality trait).
- Self-perception in women.
- Genre:
- Animated films.
- Short films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (5 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Montréal, Québec] : [Distributed by] National Film Board of Canada, [2020]
- Language Note:
- Closed captioning available.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- In the voiceover for this animated short, a young woman attempts to describe herself, casting her life in the ideal light that society expects. The film's imagery, however, tells a different story, poignantly illustrating the intense anxiety that comes with the quest for perfection and the pursuit of happiness.
- Participant:
- Voice, Miranda Handford.
- Credits:
- Animation, Agathe Bray-Bourret, Catherine Lepage ; editing, Sophie Leblond ; sound design and musical composition, Philippe Brault.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Based on the books 12 mois sans intérêt, Fines tranches d'angoisse, and Zoothérapie by Catherine Lepage.
- Originally produced by: National Film Board of Canada, French Program, Animation Studio, ©2019.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 22, 2020).
- Publisher Number:
- nf-malais Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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