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Format/version: See Map
Year of prod. 2000 to 2004
Running time 3 x 48 min.
1 x 51 min.
1 x 27 min.
Director Jean-Pierre Dussault
Script Roger Lapalme
Producers Trait d'union,
10e Avenue
Music Olivier Auriol
DOP Jean-Pierre Dussault
Sound Pierre Bouchard
Editor René Caron
Distribution Netima
Versions French
Financial contributions
Canadian International Developpement Agency (CIDA), Société de Coopération pour le développement international (SOCODEVI), Federal and provincial Tax Credit programs, United Nations Children's Fund - Unicef Burundi and Morocco, Sodec, Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund
The Parallel collection juxtaposes the portraits of remarkable women - one living in Canada and the other in a developing country - and compares the tracks they follow.

Episodes :
  • Being a farmer in Canada and in Peru
  • Girls of sand and snow (Canada - Morocco)
  • The Extravagance of love (Canada - Burundi)
  • From silkworm to pixel (Canada - Laos)
  • Engaged and in business (Canada - Togo)

Double tonic and moving portraits

Producer/director Jean-Pierre Dussault expresses a sensitive and thoughtful vision of our society and of the planet's big stakes. His multiple productions are tinged with humanist values and reflect with force the essence of North-South cooperation.
Prix Communications et Société 2005
The Extravagance of love (Montreal, Canada)