They called us "Les filles du Roy"

Canada, 1975

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Episode of Series “Challenge for Change/Societe Nouvelle”
Under cover of a love-letter, this is an impressionistic history of the women of Quebec down through the ages; the Indian, the “fille du Roy”, the nun, the settler’s wife, the soldiers wife, and finally today’s woman who examines her traditional role as mother and wife, and contrasts it with her new place in the labour force. The couple, and the difficulties involved in being a couple, are touched upon with great tenderness.

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Credits

producer/director

Anne-Claire Poirier

production company

National Film Board of Canada

Duration

00:56:03:00

Production places

Canada

Production dates

1975

Appears in

Challenge for change/Societe nouvelle

Group of items

Challenge for change/Societe nouvelle

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

010786

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Quebec (Province)

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Women - Canada

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Feminism

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social change

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social role

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women - Canada

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women - Employment

Experimental

Experimental → Experimental films - Canada

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Social role

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Women - Canada

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Love

History → Canada - History

History → Women - History

Places → Quebec (Province)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

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Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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