# Lessons on Life

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1989 Canadian film directed by Jacques Leduc

Lessons on Life French Trois pommes à côté du sommeil Directed by Jacques Leduc Written by Jacques Leduc Michel Langlois Produced by Suzanne Dussault Pierre Latour René Malo Starring Normand Chouinard Paule Baillargeon Cinematography Pierre Letarte Edited by Pierre Bernier Music by René Lussier Jean Derome Production company Malofilm Productions Release date August 24, 1989 (1989-08-24) (MWFF) Running time 98 minutes Country Canada Language French

***Lessons on Life*** ([French](/source/French_language): *Trois pommes à côté du sommeil*) is a Canadian drama film, directed by [Jacques Leduc](/source/Jacques_Leduc) and released in 1989.[1] The film stars Normand Chouinard as an unnamed magazine journalist who is reflecting on his life, and the important influence of three women on it, on the occasion of his 40th birthday.[2]

The cast also includes [Paule Baillargeon](/source/Paule_Baillargeon), Paule Marier, [Hubert Reeves](/source/Hubert_Reeves), [Marcel Sabourin](/source/Marcel_Sabourin), [Guy Nadon](/source/Guy_Nadon), Marie-Josée Gauthier, [Frédérique Collin](/source/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9rique_Collin) and [France Castel](/source/France_Castel).

The film won the [Prix Luc-Perreault](/source/Prix_Luc-Perreault) from the [Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma](/source/Association_qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9coise_des_critiques_de_cin%C3%A9ma) at the [Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois](/source/Rendez-vous_du_cin%C3%A9ma_qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois) in 1990.[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-fdq_1-0)** Charles-Henri Ramond, ["Trois pommes à côté du sommeil – Film de Jacques Leduc"](https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/trois-pommes-sommeil-jacques-leduc/). *Films du Québec*, March 12, 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-pratley_2-0)** [Gerald Pratley](/source/Gerald_Pratley), *A Century of Canadian Cinema*. Lynx Images, 2003. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-894073-21-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-894073-21-5). p. 44.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** "Prizes awarded for Quebec films". *[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)*, February 12, 1990.

## External links

- [*Lessons on Life*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098516/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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