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- ↑ The Life and Loves of a 'Portuguese Nun' NPR.org, 12 February 2006
- ↑ Normand Provencher, "'Le Secret de Jérôme': le premier film de fiction de l'Acadien Phil Comeau". Le Soleil , September 23, 1994.
