SYNOPSIS
A poetic and ethnographic documentary on the life of the inhabitants of Isle-aux-Coudres, rendered first by a language, green and hard, always eloquent, and then by the legendary porpoise fishing, work at sea governed by the moon and the tides. A true masterpiece of direct cinema. Pierre Perrault, Michel Brault and Marcel Carrière made this film.
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Michel Brault
SEE COMPLETE PROFILEMichel Brault is a Quebec cinematographer, cameraman, director and producer. He is considered to be one of the best Quebec filmmakers of the direct cinema, the first one to make an aesthetic of the handheld camera, a practice that is essential today.
Pierre Perrault
SEE COMPLETE PROFILEPierre Perrault is a filmmaker, poet, playwright and director for Quebec radio. He is particularly recognized for having contributed to the development; with Michel Brault, Bernard Gosselin and Marcel Carrière, among others, of direct cinema, which seeks to get closer to people's lives through light filming equipment and a dialogue with the filmed individuals.
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SCREENING 1
18 August 2022 at 19h45
Parc Molson
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