Almanach 1999-2000
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Almanach 1999-2000 is a 1999 documentary film
by Quebec film director Denys Desjardins
produced by the National Film Board of Canada
(NFB).
and other prophets predicted doomsday, a cosmic meltdown, Almanach 1999-2000 takes a humorous look at the world of divination
. A fiscinating trip to the very heart of the strange, this film opens up the spheres of the paranormal
, giving us an opportunity to discover an entire gallery of colourful personalities (psychic
, astrologist, prophet
, sceptic, philosopher, grower, etc.) who manage to cast doubt on our entire relationship with the future.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
by Quebec film director Denys Desjardins
Denys Desjardins
Denys Desjardins , is a film director, screenwriter, cinematographer and teacher for more than fifteen years. After completing studies in literature, film and communications, he directed several acclaimed films.-Career:...
produced by the National Film Board of Canada
National Film Board of Canada
The National Film Board of Canada is Canada's twelve-time Academy Award-winning public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions...
(NFB).
Plot
At the brink of year 2000, a time when NostradamusNostradamus
Michel de Nostredame , usually Latinised to Nostradamus, was a French apothecary and reputed seer who published collections of prophecies that have since become famous worldwide. He is best known for his book Les Propheties , the first edition of which appeared in 1555...
and other prophets predicted doomsday, a cosmic meltdown, Almanach 1999-2000 takes a humorous look at the world of divination
Divination
Divination is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic standardized process or ritual...
. A fiscinating trip to the very heart of the strange, this film opens up the spheres of the paranormal
Paranormal
Paranormal is a general term that designates experiences that lie outside "the range of normal experience or scientific explanation" or that indicates phenomena understood to be outside of science's current ability to explain or measure...
, giving us an opportunity to discover an entire gallery of colourful personalities (psychic
Psychic
A psychic is a person who professes an ability to perceive information hidden from the normal senses through extrasensory perception , or is said by others to have such abilities. It is also used to describe theatrical performers who use techniques such as prestidigitation, cold reading, and hot...
, astrologist, prophet
Prophet
In religion, a prophet, from the Greek word προφήτης profitis meaning "foreteller", is an individual who is claimed to have been contacted by the supernatural or the divine, and serves as an intermediary with humanity, delivering this newfound knowledge from the supernatural entity to other people...
, sceptic, philosopher, grower, etc.) who manage to cast doubt on our entire relationship with the future.
Cast
- Jocelyne Blouin
- Alain Bonnier
- Robert Ducharme
- Hauris Lalancette
- Denis Ménard
- Michel MorinMichel MorinMichel Morin was a politician in Quebec, Canada and a three-term Member of the National Assembly of Quebec.-Background:He was born on March 27, 1948 in Saint-Célestin, Centre-du-Québec and made career in education. Before he ran for office, he was a political activist with the Progressive...
- Bernard Simon Nagy
- Maurice Poulin
- Jacques Sénécal
- Benoît Villeneuve