''Magical Words'' (french: Les Mots magiques) is a Canadian dramatic
short film
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, directed by
Jean-Marc Vallée
Jean-Marc Vallée (March 9, 1963December 25, 2021) was a Canadian filmmaker, film editor, and screenwriter. After studying film at the Université de Montréal, Vallée went on to make a number of critically acclaimed short films, including '' ...
and released in 1998. A thematic sequel to his 1995 short film ''
Magical Flowers
''Magical Flowers'' (french: Les Fleurs magiques) is a Canadian dramatic short film, directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and released in 1995.Marie-Claude Dionne, "Les Fleurs magiques". ''Séquences'', September/October 1995. The film stars Marc-André ...
(Les Mots magiques)'',Marie-Claude Dionne, "Les Fleurs magiques". ''Séquences'', September/October 1995. the film centres on a 30-year-old man (Richard Robitaille) finally confronting his father (
Robert Gravel
Robert Gravel (14 September 1944 – 12 August 1996) was an actor, dramatist, theatrical director and teacher.
Career
Gravel was born in Montreal. He was an influential figure in the modern history of theatre in Quebec. In the middle of the 1970s ...
) about his alcoholism.
The film won the
Prix Jutra
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.
Wyndham Wise
Wyndham Paul Wise is a Canadian film historian, critic, editor and publisher. He was the founder and editor-in-chief of the film magazine '' Take One: Film & Television in Canada'' (1992-2006).
Career
Born in London, England, Wyndham Wise was rais ...
, ''Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film''.
University of Toronto Press
The University of Toronto Press is a Canadian university press founded in 1901. Although it was founded in 1901, the press did not actually publish any books until 1911.
The press originally printed only examination books and the university calen ...