A poetic meditation by a man and a woman whose teenage son has threatened to end his life. What drives someone to that terrible extreme? In an effort to understand and demystify the phenomenon of suicide, the two parents search for answers within themselves. Their personal reflection is intercut with dramatic sequences, archival footage, animation, interviews and first-person accounts that look at suicide from an emotional, rational, cultural, social or medical perspective.
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Mireille Dansereau Director
First release October 19, 2000 · Produced in Canada · Original title L'idée noire
Production
ONF | NFB
Production
Canada
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Languages
Original title
L'idée noire
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Canada · October 19, 2000
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No release date listed for United States.
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