The Three Madeleines (2000) User Reviews (3)

Beautiful arty film

[MarioB · 8/10 · 15 October 2001]

First movie for Guylaine Dionne. She also write it, in a very wonderful way. This is an intimate journey of three generations of women : a little girl, her mother, her grandmother. The journey of the little girl is for the future (searching for her father), the journey of the mother is for the present (shooting photos for her work) and the journey of the grandmother is for her past (looking for her first love). This is a kind of

tender road movie. This is a good piece of art. Cinema is also a way to express the creativity and Guylaine Dionne had done it in a very warm and intelligent way. This is shot in beautiful black and white. I hope to hear again from this talented new director.

An intimate and original film.

[JPH · 8/10 · 14 December 2002]

A wonderful film, intimate and original, glowing with the joy of living at all stages of one's life. Shot in a wonderfully dream-like black-&-white, it makes a great deal of the many locations in Quebec. It announces a talent that will undoubtedly develop into even finer productions.

tender, emotional film with beautiful scenery

[joelman · 23 October 2001]

I have to admit, this is a very fine film for a first time director. Shot in the region where she grew up, Guylaine Dionne makes use of the passing scenery, and even injects some nature footage, to bring us a sublime view of life in Quebec. More than just using this as a backdrop for the story of three generations of women on a road trip, she connects it with us through the black and white film, so that our minds fill in the rest. All the same, the film seems uneven in some parts, with an emphasis on the elder woman's past experiences setting up for the lives of the other two. At the same time, the idea of having the younger two be teleported into the memories of the elder "Mado" is unique and slightly confusing. All in all, the nature of the film makes you think and examine memory as a way of reliving, but never changing your past.