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Title The masculine mystique / director/producer, John N. Smith, Giles Walker ; script, John N. Smith, Giles Walker, David Wilson ; National Film Board of Canada
Published Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 1984

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Description 1 streaming video (87 min.) : sound, color ; digital file
Summary What do "real men" think about feminism? Can they ever learn to adjust to life with a modern woman? The stories of four men and their relationships with women in this feature-length drama are interwoven to produce this unusual and intriguing feature-length dramatization. Blue, in his mid-thirties, has spent his adult years searching for the right woman, without any luck. He's baffled by women's liberation -- what do they want? Alex, the same age as Blue, married with two small children, says he needs his freedom. He's having an affair. Mort and Ashley are both in their forties, divorced with children. Mort has found someone new but she balks at a permanent relationship. Ashley, devastated by his divorce, is unwilling to risk a new commitment. Their four stories, sometimes poignant, often very funny, are shown in dramatic sequences interspersed with scenes of confrontation. Among themselves the men probe why they act as they do. They attack and defend, and perhaps even learn a little about themselves and the changing role of men in today's society
Analysis Extra-marital love affairs Feature films Stories Divorced men Interpersonal relationships Women Married men Single men
Credits Photography, Andy Kitzanuk ; sound, Jean-Guy Normandin ; editing, David Wilson ; sound editing, John Knight ; re-recording, Hans Peter Strobl ; music, Richard Gresko
Cast Char Davies, Felice Grana, Sam Grana, Stefanie Grana, Eleanor MacKinnon, Ashley Murray, Chaya Ransen, Mort Ransen, Stefan Wodoslawsky, Annebet Zwartsenberg, Guillaume Murray, Maïté Murray, Joshua Ransen, Yoshi Ransen
Subject Men -- Identity -- Drama
Men -- Attitudes -- Drama
Masculinity -- Drama
Man-woman relationships -- Drama
Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- Drama
Man-woman relationships.
Masculinity.
Men -- Attitudes.
Men -- Identity.
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Genre/Form Drama.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Form Streaming video
Author Smith, John N., 1943-
Walker, Giles.
Wilson, David.
Davies, Char.
Grana, Sam.
MacKinnon, Eleanor.
Murray, Ashley.
Ransen, Mort.
Wodoslawsky, Stefan.
Zwartsenberg, Annabet.
National Film Board of Canada.