{"product_id":"cinema-of-pain-liz-czach-9781771124331","title":"Cinema of Pain: On Quebec's Nostalgic Screen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSince the defeat of the pro-sovereigntists in the 1995 Quebec referendum, the loss of a cohesive nationalistic vision in the province has led many Québécois to use their ancestral origins to inject meaning into their everyday lives. \u003ci\u003eA Cinema of Pain\u003c\/i\u003e argues that this phenomenon is observable in a pervasive sense of nostalgia in Quebec culture and is especially present in the province's vibrant but deeply wistful cinema.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In Québécois cinema, nostalgia not only denotes a sentimental longing for the bucolic pleasures of bygone French-Canadian traditions, but, as this edited collection suggests, it evokes the etymological sense of the term, which underscores the element of pain (\u003ci\u003ealgos\u003c\/i\u003e) associated with the longing for a return home (\u003ci\u003enostos\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether it is in grandiloquent historical melodramas such as \u003ci\u003eSéraphin: un homme et son péché\u003c\/i\u003e (Binamé 2002), intimate realist dramas like \u003ci\u003eTout ce que tu possèdes\u003c\/i\u003e (Émond 2012), charming art films like \u003ci\u003eC.R.A.Z.Y. \u003c\/i\u003e(Vallée 2005), or even gory horror movies like \u003ci\u003eSur le Seuil\u003c\/i\u003e (Tessier 2003), the contemporary Québécois screen projects an image of shared suffering that unites the nation through a melancholy search for home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Liz Czach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771124334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771124331\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.80w x 0.60d","brand":"Liz Czach","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44138649551103,"sku":"9781771124331","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_99f5c437-fa23-49b6-bdd8-de2b498a60b2.jpg?v=1687900816","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cinema-of-pain-liz-czach-9781771124331","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}