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IDFA 1989

Mother Tongue

Derek May
Canada
1979
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In Mother Tongue the director observes his own family in Montreal, Quebec. His wife Patricia is Canadian and is a native of Quebec. Derek emigrated from Great Britain at the age of 18. They discuss the problems they confront in their marriage. Foremost, the choice of the French or English language, which is in turn reflected in the political and social problems of multi-ingual Quebec.

Credits
Director
Production
    Arthur Hammond,
    National Film Board of Canada
World Sales
    National Film Board of Canada
    National Film Board of Canada