Bernard Émond

September 1, 1951 — Montreal, Canada

Bernard Émond (born 1951) is a Canadian director, screenwriter, novelist and essayist working in the French-language. He studied anthropology at university and lived for several years in the Canadian north where he worked for the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation. He began his film career making documentaries, later moving to feature-length films, all of which have been shot in Quebec. He is noted for the humanistic, sometimes spiritual depth of his films, in particular his trilogy of feature films (2007, 2009, 2012) based on the three Christian virtues, faith, hope, and charity. Other themes in his work include human dignity and frailty, and cultural loss. He describes himself as an agnostic and a "conservative socialist."

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The Necessities of Life

2008

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Requiem for a Handsome Bastard

1992

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The Woman Who Drinks

2001

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Summit Circle

2007

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8:17pm, Darling Street

2003

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The Legacy

2009

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All That You Possess

2012

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A Place to live

2018