Before the Time Comes (1975)
April 11, 1975Release Date
Before the Time Comes (1975)
April 11, 1975Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Paule Baillargeon
Monique, Helene's sister
Luce Guilbeault
Helene
Pierre Gobeil
Gabriel, Helene's husband
Angèle Arsenault
Actress
Anne-Claire Poirier
Director
Marthe Blackburn
Writer
Louise Carré
Writer
Maurice Blackburn
Composer
Details.
Release DateApril 11, 1975
Original NameLe Temps de l'avant
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 27m
Genres
Wiki.
Before the Time Comes (French: Le Temps de l'avant) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Anne Claire Poirier and released in 1975. The film stars Luce Guilbeault as Hélène, a housewife and mother who is raising her three children largely on her own without much help from her itinerant sailor husband Gabriel (Pierre Gobeil); when she becomes pregnant for a fourth time, she struggles both with her conscience and the opinions of her husband and her sister Monique (Paule Baillargeon) as she considers whether or not to have an abortion.It was the first Canadian film ever to address the subject of abortion.The film opened in Quebec theatres in 1975, and was subsequently screened in the International Critics' Week program at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival.