# Too Much Is Enough

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'''''Too Much is Enough''''' ([French](/source/French_language): '''''Trop c'est assez''''') is a 1995 [Canadian](/source/Canada) [documentary film](/source/documentary_film) by [Richard Brouillette](/source/Richard_Brouillette). The film, Brouillette's first, won the [M. Joan Chalmers Award](/source/M._Joan_Chalmers_Awards_for_Arts_Administration%2C_Artistic_Direction_and_Documentary_Film_and_Video) for best Canadian documentary in 1996.<ref name="awardref">{{cite news |title=Winners of the 1996 Chalmers Awards |url=https://playbill.com/article/winners-of-the-1996-chalmers-awards-com-67894 |access-date=2 March 2023 |agency=Playbill |date=22 May 1996}}</ref>

== Synopsis ==

''Too Much is Enough'' pays homage to [Gilles Groulx](/source/Gilles_Groulx) (1931-1994), considered by many to be one of Quebec's most important and original filmmakers. Groulx's career was cut short in 1981 after he was seriously injured in a car accident. From 1989 to 1994, Richard Brouillette met regularly with Groulx, recording the latter's thoughts on his work and life.<ref name="ilmanifesto">{{cite news |last1=Negro |first1=Erik |title=La rivoluzione è filmare il mondo in libertà |url=https://ilmanifesto.it/la-rivoluzione-e-filmare-il-mondo-in-liberta |access-date=2 March 2023 |agency=Il Manifesto |date=1 November 2017}}</ref> ''Too Much is Enough'' combines footage from these sessions, excerpts from Groulx's films and interviews Groulx gave while at the peak of his career.

== Technical details ==

* Producer, Director, Editor: [Richard Brouillette](/source/Richard_Brouillette)
* Scriptwriter and Researcher: [Richard Brouillette](/source/Richard_Brouillette)
* Cinematography: Michel Lamothe
* Sound recording: Claude Beaugrand, Pierre Bertrand, Simon Goulet
* Original music: [Éric Morin](/source/%3Afr%3A%C3%89ric_Morin)
* Sound mix: Louis Gignac
* Production and distribution: Les films du passeur
* Format : Colour and Black and White - [16mm](/source/16mm) - Mono
* Country: [Quebec](/source/Quebec) ([Canada](/source/Canada))
* Language: [French](/source/French_language)
* Genre: [documentary](/source/%3Adocumentary_film)
* Running time: 111 minutes

== Starring ==
* [Gilles Groulx](/source/Gilles_Groulx)
* [Jean-Paul Mousseau](/source/Jean-Paul_Mousseau)
* [Barbara Ulrich](/source/Barbara_Ulrich)
* Sara Raphaëlle Groulx
* {{ill|Denis Vanier|fr}}
* [Josée Yvon](/source/Jos%C3%A9e_Yvon)

== Awards ==
* M. Joan [Chalmers Award](/source/M._Joan_Chalmers_Awards_for_Arts_Administration%2C_Artistic_Direction_and_Documentary_Film_and_Video) for best Canadian documentary (1996)

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