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Les Brûlés - DVD ONF/NFB


Catalogue Number:  NFB520402
Producer:  National Film Board Of Canada
Producers:  Léonard Forest, Victor Jobin, Guy Glover
Directors:  Bernard Devlin
Producing Agencies:  National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject:  Canadian History, Canadian Literature, Civics, Fiction, Geography, History, Literature
Language:  French
Grade Level:  Post Secondary
Country Of Origin:  Canada
Copyright Year:  1959
Running Time:  154:00


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Based on a novel (Nuages sur les brûlés by Hervé Biron) about the colonization of northern Québec during the depressed 1930s, these films relive the toil, hardship and unexpected rewards of the pioneer. Folk-singer Félix Leclerc appears in each episode. Part I: First encounter with the inhospitable wilderness. Clearing a townsite. Part II: Struggles for leadership. Log cabins are built and the womenfolk arrive. Part III: Dangers of frontier life. Forest fire, accident, anxiety about bankruptcy, lack of implements, work. But young romance blossoms. Part IV: Big steps forward. The curé brings in teachers, and is in turn presented with a new, though rough-hewn, church.



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