Feature-length documentary as part of Pierre Perrault's Abitibian Cycle. The filmmaker questions the past and present of Abitibi and draws up, face to face, the promises of colonization in the 1930s and the great disappointment caused by the closing of the land in the 1970s. There are witnesses to the heroic era, including the cultivator Hauris Lalancette, as well as extracts from films by Father Maurice Proulx (1934-1940).
Crew
Pierre Perrault
Director
Claire Boyer
Editor
Bernard Gosselin
Director of Photography
Paul Larose
Producer
Serge Giguère
Camera Technician
Gilles Quintal
Sound Editor
Jean-Pierre Joutel
Sound Mixer
Claude Beaugrand
Sound Recordist
Hugues Mignault
Sound Recordist
Louise Carré
Administration
Roseline Breton
Administration
Monique Létourneau
Administration