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1983 Canadian film
Just a Game
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French
| Rien qu'un jeu
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Directed by
| Brigitte Sauriol
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Written by
| Monique Messier
Brigitte Sauriol
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Produced by
| Claude Bonin
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Starring
| Raymond Cloutier
Marie Tifo
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Cinematography
| Paul Van der Linden
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Edited by
| Marcel Pothier
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Music by
| Yves Laferriere
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Production
company
| Cinegroupe
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Distributed by
| Astral Films
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Release date
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- May 12, 1983
(
1983-05-12
)
(
Cannes
)
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Running time
| 89 minutes
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Country
| Canada
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Language
| French
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Just a Game
(
French
:
Rien qu'un jeu
) is a Canadian drama film, directed by
Brigitte Sauriol
and released in 1983.
[1]
An examination of
incest
, the film stars
Raymond Cloutier
as Andre, a married father who is committing incest with his daughters, and
Marie Tifo
as Mychele, his unhappily married wife whose resentment of their daughters has led her to turn a blind eye to her husband's activities.
[2]
The film premiered at the
1983 Cannes Film Festival
,
[1]
and had its Canadian theatrical premiere in October 1983. The film faced some controversy in early 1984, when the
Ontario Censor Board
refused to permit it to be screened in Ontario unless the two scenes that most visibly depicted the incest were cut, even though Sauriol had carefully shot them to prevent them from being seen as sexually graphic.
[3]
The film received three
Genie Award
nominations at the
5th Genie Awards
in 1984, for
Best Director
(Sauriol),
Best Actress
(Tifo) and
Best Sound Editing
(Marcel Pothier).
[4]
Critical response
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Writing about the film's premiere at Cannes,
Jay Scott
of
The Globe and Mail
called the film "stultifyingly predictable" and "psychologically simplistic", and opined that Sauriol "depends on her sincerity to mask mistakes".
[1]
Reviewing the film during its theatrical run, his colleague
Carole Corbeil
gave it a more nuanced review, likening it to "one long bad
For the Record
; it invents characters to advance a theme", but calling it "honest, and gritty, and this quality redeems it somewhat".
[2]
The film was purchased by several anti-incest activist groups for use in educational campaigns.
[3]
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