Some Even Fall in Love

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Some Even Fall in Love
French Plusieurs tombent en amour
Directed byGuy Simoneau
Produced byGuy Simoneau
CinematographyJean-Pierre Bruneau
Martial Filion
Richard Saint-Pierre
Edited byGuy Simoneau
Production
company
Les Films du Crépuscule
Distributed byLes Films du Crépuscule
Release date
1980
Running time
107 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Some Even Fall in Love (French : Plusieurs tombent en amour) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Guy Simoneau and released in 1980. [1] The film profiles a number of sex workers in Montreal, including both women and men, and both cisgender and transgender workers. [1]

The film won the Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 2nd Genie Awards. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Jay Scott, "Toronto's Quebec film fest offers good, bad and superb". The Globe and Mail , April 18, 1981.
  2. Wise, Wyndham (2001). Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. University of Toronto Press. p. 264. ISBN   0802083986.