Blue Potatoes | |
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French | Le Minot d'or |
Directed by | Isabelle Raynauld |
Written by | Isabelle Raynauld |
Produced by | Claude Cartier Peter Krieger |
Cinematography | Peter Krieger |
Edited by | Alain Baril |
Music by | Robert Marcel Lepage |
Production company | Les Productions Virage |
Distributed by | Cinéma Libre |
Release date |
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Running time | 57 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
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The film was winner of the Jutra Award for Best Documentary Film at the 4th Jutra Awards in 2002. [2]
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