# Looking for Eternity > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Looking_for_Eternity > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Looking_for_Eternity.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_for_Eternity > Source revision: 1341464183 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1989 Canadian film Looking for Eternity French Portion d'éternité Directed by Robert Favreau Screenplay by Robert Favreau Produced by Marie-Andrée Vinet Starring Marc Messier Danielle Proulx Paul Savoie Cinematography Guy Dufaux Edited by Hélène Girard Music by Marie Bernard Production company Les Productions du regard Distributed by Prima Films Release date August 1989 (1989-08) (FFM) Running time 106 minutes Country Canada Language French ***Looking for Eternity*** ([French](/source/French_language): *Portion d'éternité*) is a Canadian science fiction drama film, directed by [Robert Favreau](/source/Robert_Favreau) and released in 1989.[1] The film stars [Paul Savoie](/source/Paul_Savoie) as Antoine, a doctor running a fertility clinic; after Pierre ([Marc Messier](/source/Marc_Messier)) and Marie ([Danielle Proulx](/source/Danielle_Proulx)), an infertile couple who were clients of his clinic, are killed in a car accident, he is drawn into a legal battle with Pierre's father ([Gilles Pelletier](/source/Gilles_Pelletier)), who wants their embryos destroyed, while Antoine himself wants to use them to test his theory that a form of [immortality](/source/Immortality) can be achieved through [cloning](/source/Cloning).[2] The cast also includes [Patricia Nolin](/source/Patricia_Nolin) as Hélène, a government agent investigating Antoine's clinic, as well as Maryse Gagné, Raymond Cloutier, [Johanne-Marie Tremblay](/source/Johanne-Marie_Tremblay), Daniel Gadouas, Hélène Mercier and Mark Hellman in supporting roles. ## Production and distribution The film was Favreau's narrative feature debut, after several documentary films.[3] It premiered at the 1989 [Montreal World Film Festival](/source/Montreal_World_Film_Festival),[4] where it won the award for Best Canadian Film and Proulx won the award for Best Actress.[5] ## Critical response Pat Donnelly of the *[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)* reviewed the film negatively, writing that "at its best, Portion d'éternité is a quasi-documentary that dares to go where no legislator wants to - into the ethical questions surrounding reproductive technology. At its worst, it's a sensationalistic science-fiction [téléroman](/source/T%C3%A9l%C3%A9roman) on the trendy subject of in-vitro fertilization."[6] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-pratley_1-0)** [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. 129. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Mary Alemany-Galway, "Robert Favreau's Portion d'éternité". *[Cinema Canada](/source/Cinema_Canada)*, November 1989. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Charles-Henri Ramond, ["Portion d’éternité – Film de Robert Favreau"](https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/portion-eternite-robert-favreau/). *Films du Québec*, February 5, 2009. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** "Star-studded lineup set for Montreal film festival". *[Edmonton Journal](/source/Edmonton_Journal)*, August 3, 1989. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "Drama about Soviet youth prisons wins top prize". *[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)*, September 5, 1989. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Pat Donnelly, "Baby-factory fantasy is a stillborn tale". *[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)*, September 2, 1989. ## External links - [*Looking for Eternity*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098107/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Montreal World Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film Tyler (1978) Arthur Miller on Home Ground (1979) It Can't Be Winter, We Haven't Had Summer Yet (1980) The Plouffe Family (1981) The Grey Fox (1982) The Tin Flute (1983) A Woman in Transit (1984) Pale Face (1985) Sitting in Limbo (1986) Night Zoo (1987) Obsessed (1988) Looking for Eternity (1989) An Imaginary Tale (1990) The Savage Woman (1991) Phantom Life (1992) The Sex of the Stars (1993) The Wind from Wyoming (1994) Water Child (1995) Lilies (1996) The Caretaker's Lodge (1997) 2 Seconds (1998) Memories Unlocked (1999) Maelström (2000) Tar Angel (2001) Chaos and Desire (2002) Gaz Bar Blues (2003) The Five of Us (2004) Kamataki (2005) The Chinese Botanist's Daughters (2006) Surviving My Mother (2007) The Necessities of Life (2008) A Cargo to Africa (2009) Silence Lies (2010) Coteau rouge (2011) Karakara (2012) Another House (2013) Sweeping Forward (2014) This article related to a Canadian film of the 1980s is a stub. 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