Agency - French program:.Ontario and West Studio.

Director, Danielle Sturk ; researcher, Danielle Sturk ; writer, Danielle Sturk ; story consultant, Georgette Duchaine ; director of photography, Claude Savard ; sound, Norman Dugas, Jay Garuk ; editor, Petra Valier ; sound design, Daniel Toussaint ; sound editing, Daniel Toussaint ; original music, Gérald Laroche ; re-recording, Geoffrey Mitchell ; producer, Anne-Marie Rocher ; executive producer, Jacques Turgeon.

Participant, Gisèle Fontaine, Louise Saurette, Doreen Wright, Collette Luik, Mark Luik, Phélan Luik, Gerry Ward, Ronald Chartrand, Douglas R. Kellough, Esther A. Durksen, Kendra Klassen, Agathe Bisson, Breanne Drury, Colleen Johnson, Jodi Andersson, Rhonda Manaigre, Anna Fedorowicz.

Recorded 2009.

At Saint Boniface General Hospital in Manitoba two women pass each other in the corridors. Gisèle Fontaine hurries to help women in childbirth, while Louise Saurette attends the dying. Birth and death, moments of transition that involve a transformative journey, have much in common. The midwife and the chaplain offer themselves as guides on the painful and essential path of abandonment. With delicacy and restraint this film reveals the essence of these private, universal moments and pays tribute to the work of the women who, in their deep communion with the people they attend, allow life to take its natural course. This short documentary was produced for the Tremplin competition, which enables young French-speaking Canadians living outside Quebec to make a first film under professional conditions.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).