Octos dynamos

Plot Summary

Retirement? No, thanks! Sensational octogenarians express their unshakable appetite for life. Life at eighty, according to Janette Bertrand, Fernand Dansereau, Edgar Fruitier, Jacques Godin, Richard Garneau, Jacques Languirand, Antonine Maillet, Monique Mercure, and Béatrice Picard. This documentary looks at work, happiness, living in the present, energy, resiliency, amazement, transmission, wisdom, urgency, memory, euphemisms, honours, staying in good shape, mourning, and the things one must cling to in order to keep focused on the future. In short, it looks at life.

Cast:

Janette Bertrand, Richard Garneau, Edgar Fruitier, Jacques Languirand, Monique Mercure, Béatrice Picard, Fernand Dansereau, Jacques Godin and Antonine Maillet

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• 80 years old and full of energy. Retirement? No, thanks!

Director

Michel Coulombe

Length

53 minutes

Platforms

Internet, Television

Team

Production company

Productions 10e Ave

Producer

Nancy Florence Savard

Director of photography

Dany Lavoie

Other information

Broadcast

TV5

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