Le jour S...

{{short description|1984 film}}

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| director = Jean Pierre Lefebvre

| producer = Yves Rivard

| writer = Jean Pierre Lefebvre
Barbara Easto

| starring = Pierre Curzi

| music = Jean Pierre Lefebvre

| cinematography = Guy Dufaux

| editing = Barbara Easto

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| released = {{film date|1984|10|19|df=yes}}

| runtime = 88 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = French

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Le jour S... is a 1984 Canadian drama film directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1346/year/1984.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Le jour S... |access-date=24 June 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}} Jean-Baptiste (Pierre Curzi), a restless Québécois in his late 30s, spends the day alone in Montreal while his current partner (Marie Tifo) is pursuing a career in Toronto. Every woman he encounters reminds him of her. He relives his past through actual encounters as well as his imaginative memory.

The film was a sequel to Lefebvre's 1968 film Patricia and Jean-Baptiste (Patricia et Jean-Baptiste).Jay Scott, "Conquering Cannes: Canada's best filmmaker has good reason to smile". The Globe and Mail, 18 May 1984.

The film was included in Jean Pierre Lefebvre: Vidéaste, a retrospective program of Lefebvre's films at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival.Brendan Kelly, [https://variety.com/2001/biz/features/lefebvre-homage-captures-montreal-master-s-vision-1117852173/ "Lefebvre homage captures Montreal master’s vision"]. Variety, September 3, 2001.

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