Gilles Groulx

Gilles Groulx joined the NFB as a film editor in 1956 and two years later codirected the documentary emLes Raquetteursem with a hrefhttpwwwnorthernstarscabraultmichelMichel Braulta Recognized as a Masterwork his 1964 film emLe Chat dans le sacem is considered one of the most important works produced in French Canada Film journalist Peter Harcourt commenting on the film said in part that it marked the beginning of a beginning for modern Canadian fiction feature film With emLe Chatem and a few others Canadian cinema found itself in synch with the contemporary new wave movements then emerging around the world Like the works of JeanLuc Godard Nagisa Oshima and Richard Lester Gilles Groulxs first feature rejected traditional production practices and dealt with the political and social issues that were galvanizing young people everywhere at that time He was awarded the AlbertTessier Prize in 1985 By the end of his life Groulx was forgotten and povertystricken We list his credits as a director first brbr br