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Claude Jutra
Director 1930 - 1986

Claude Jutra

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Claude Jutra, a prominent Canadian actor and filmmaker, had honors named after him, like the Prix Jutra and the Claude Jutra Award, recognizing his impact on Quebec cinema. Diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's, he went missing in 1986 and was found dead in 1987, his death... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

4 titles
Kamouraska

Kamouraska

Claude Jutra 1973 2h 55m

A writer, Kamouraska is based on a real nineteenth-century love-triangle in rural Québec. It paints a poetic and terrifying tableau of the life of Elisabeth d'Aulnières: her marriage to Antoine Tassy, squire of Kamouraska; his violent murder; and her passion for George Nelson, an American doctor.

Mon oncle Antoine

Mon oncle Antoine

Claude Jutra 1971 1h 45m 7.0

Set in cold rural Quebec at Christmas time, we follow the coming of age of a young boy and the life of his family which owns the town's general store and undertaking business.

Rouli-roulant

Rouli-roulant

Claude Jutra 1966 15m

Dedicated “to all victims of intolerance,” "The Devil’s Toy" is a faux–public service documentary that chronicles the early days of skateboarding in Montreal.

À tout prendre

À tout prendre

Claude Jutra 1963 1h 39m

A man struggles with his identity, his life choices, his interracial relationship, and his latent homosexuality. A portrait of some young intellectuals in early sixties Montreal.

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