Looking for Eternity
1989 Canadian film
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Looking for Eternity (French: Portion d'éternité) is a Canadian science fiction drama film, directed by Robert Favreau and released in 1989.[1] The film stars Paul Savoie as Antoine, a doctor running a fertility clinic; after Pierre (Marc Messier) and Marie (Danielle Proulx), an infertile couple who were clients of his clinic, are killed in a car accident, he is drawn into a legal battle with Pierre's father (Gilles Pelletier), who wants their embryos destroyed, while Antoine himself wants to use them to test his theory that a form of immortality can be achieved through cloning.[2]
| Looking for Eternity | |
|---|---|
| French | Portion d'éternité |
| Directed by | Robert Favreau |
| Screenplay by | Robert Favreau |
| Produced by | Marie-Andrée Vinet |
| Starring | Marc Messier Danielle Proulx Paul Savoie |
| Cinematography | Guy Dufaux |
| Edited by | Hélène Girard |
| Music by | Marie Bernard |
Production company | Les Productions du regard |
| Distributed by | Prima Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
The cast also includes Patricia Nolin as Hélène, a government agent investigating Antoine's clinic, as well as Maryse Gagné, Raymond Cloutier, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Daniel Gadouas, Hélène Mercier and Mark Hellman in supporting roles.
Production and distribution
The film was Favreau's narrative feature debut, after several documentary films.[3] It premiered at the 1989 Montreal World Film Festival,[4] where it won the award for Best Canadian Film and Proulx won the award for Best Actress.[5]
Critical response
Pat Donnelly of the Montreal Gazette reviewed the film negatively, writing that "at its best, Portion d'éternité is a quasi-documentary that dares to go where no legislator wants to - into the ethical questions surrounding reproductive technology. At its worst, it's a sensationalistic science-fiction téléroman on the trendy subject of in-vitro fertilization."[6]
