''When I Will Be Gone'' (french: L'Âge de braise) is a Canadian drama film, directed by
Jacques Leduc
Jacques Leduc (born November 25, 1941) is a Canadian film director and cinematographer.
Biography
Leduc began his career in 1961 working as a film critic for the magazine ''Objectif''. The following year, at the age of 21, he was hired as a ca ...
and released in 1998. The film stars
Annie Girardot
Annie Suzanne Girardot (25 October 193128 February 2011) was a French actress. She often played strong-willed, independent, hard-working, and often lonely women, imbuing her characters with an earthiness and reality that endeared her to women und ...
as Caroline Bonhomme, an elderly woman who is preparing for death.
Gerald Pratley
Gerald Arthur Pratley (September 3, 1923 – March 14, 2011) was a Canadian film critic and historian. Piers Handling"Gerald Arthur Pratley" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', September 18, 2011. A longtime film critic for the Canadian Broadcasting Cor ...
, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 238.
The cast also includes
France Castel France Castel, née Bégin (born August 31, 1944) in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian singer, actress and broadcaster.
Music
Castel began in the music business by recording an album, ''Toi et moi amoureux'', as a duo with Jean Beaulne of Les Baron ...
,
Pascale Bussières
Pascale Bussières (born June 27, 1968) is a French Canadian actress.
Life and work
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Pascale Bussières first attracted attention as a suicidal teenager in Micheline Lanctôt’s 1984 film '' Sonatine''; however ...
,
Domini Blythe
Domini Blythe (August 28, 1947 – December 15, 2010) was a British-born Canadian actress. Her numerous stage, film and television credits included ''Search for Tomorrow'', ''External Affairs'', ''The Wars'', '' Savage Messiah'', ''Montreal Stori ...
, Widemir Normil,
Denise Bombardier
Denise Bombardier, (born January 18, 1941 in Montreal, Quebec) is a journalist, essayist, novelist and media personality who worked for the French-language television station Radio-Canada for over 30 years.
Bombardier is noted for her standar ...
and
Jean-Guy Bouchard Jean-Guy Bouchard is a Canadian actor from Quebec. He is most noted for his role as Tonio in the film ''Requiem for a Handsome Bastard (Requiem pour un beau sans-coeur)'', for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor at ...
Jutra Award
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.Best Cinematography at the
1st Jutra Awards The 1st Jutra Awards were held on March 7, 1999 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 1998."Red Violin makes sweet Jutra music: Wins nine awards, including best picture, best director". ''Montreal Gazette'', Mar ...