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This colorful archival record of Québec City's Winter Carnival shows that many popular events of today—pageants, parades, boat races, folk dancing, fireworks, and torchlight skiing—were also favorites many years ago.
In the countryside of Quebec, a new phenomenon has appeared: violence. How does a handsome, tall, free and peaceful village boy let himself be led down the path of crime?
Set on an ice-encircled island in the St. Lawrence, this is a drama of passion and violence. An old man, attached to his ancestral home and traditions, is confronted by his son, an immature young man who has no time for these values. The outcome is tragic as the father refuses to let his home fall into the hands of outsiders.
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Short fiction film from the "Toulmonde parle français" series, telling the amusing story of a man who gets caught at his own game after stealing hares from his neighbor.
In this National Film Board short, a ballad singer describes a yearly Quebec spectacle when spruce wood moves down a river, spurred by dynamite and cant hooks and twirled by the boots of leaping men.
A tongue-in-cheek archival film documenting a day in the life of a veteran horse-drawn carriage driver. Though the tourists that flock to the historic avenues of the Old City have changed considerably, the Old World charm of Québec City is timeless.
Part comic adventure, part travelogue, this short film features the folkloric character of Ti-Jean, a French-Canadian kid endowed with magic powers. He travels west, drawing upon his superhuman strength to save a farmer’s crops.
