''Wow'' is a 1969 Québécois film directed by

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Synopsis

Claude Jutra's first feature-length film is an improvised

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about the lives and dreams of nine

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young people. The film is made up of nine separate episodes, each one expressing a particular fantasy of one member of the group. This exuberant, low-budget effort, shot in the style of the

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films, provides hints of Jutra's immense talents as a director.

Production

Subjects in the film included some participants Jutra had worked with in his 1966

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'' (''Rouli-roulant''), a faux-anti-skateboarding propaganda film.

Sequel

Thirty years after the production of ''Wow'', the NFB co-produced a sequel ''Wow 2'', using the same concept of adolescents acting out their dreams

This film was directed by Jean-Philippe Duval and co-produced by , who was a participant in the original film.

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