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- ↑ "La Vie Sur Terre," Haut et Court, URL accessed 15 August 2016.
- ↑ Yoram Allon, Del Cullen, Hannah Patterson, Contemporary North American Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide, Wallflower Press, 2002, p. 367.
