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- ↑ "J'Aime, J'Aime Pas is a balanced, compelling, believable portrait of a teenage mother". Montreal Gazette , March 5, 1996.
- ↑ "La jeune fille et la mère". numerique.banq.qc.ca. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ↑ "Over-the-edge Canadian films poised for Genie nod". Canadian Press, November 24, 1996.
