The Fiancée of Life () is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Carole Laganière and released in 2001.Annie Lefebvre, "Rencontre avec six auteurs : Galerie de portraitistes". Ciné-Bulles, Volume 24, Number 1, Winter 2006, p. 40–45. Titled for a Malaysian proverb that death is the fiancée of life, the film profiles young children who are coming to terms with the deaths of parents or siblings.Luce Des Aulniers, "Derrière les yeux d’enfants : Droit devant, deux caméras". Frontières, Volume 13, Number 1, Fall 2000, p. 65–67.
The film won the Best Canadian Feature Documentary at the 2002 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival."Hot Docs prize goes to Montreal director". The Globe and Mail, May 7, 2002.
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