Onyx Films was a film production business in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1962 by Pierre Lamy and his brother André Lamy.[1][2] Their films include Le Viol d'une jeune fille douce ('The Rape of a Sweet Young Girl'), a satire. Gilles Carle worked with the film company on several productions.[3]
The Canadian Post Office and Royal Canadian Mounted Police had contracts with Onyx to make films in 1971.[4]
The 2010 documentary film La vie privée d'Onyx ('The Very Private Affair of Onyx') directed by Denys Desjardins is about the company's history.[5][6]
Filmography
- Pas de vacances pour les idoles ('No Vacation for Idols') (1965)[7][8]
- Le Viol d'une jeune fille douce ('The Rape of a Sweet Young Girl') (1968)[9]
- Deux femmes en or ('Two Golden Women') (1970)[10][5]
- Les Males ('The Males') (1971)[11]
- La Feuille d'Erable ('The Maple Leaf') (1971), a series directed by Aimée Danis, Gilles Carle, and other[12]
- All Ears to Gaspé (1974), a documentary film about Quebec's Gaspé region.[13][14] The film documents the lifestyle of the Gaspesie people in the area of fishing and tourism as well as the departure of young people.[12][15]
- Carnaval d'hiver de Québec[16]
References
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