Waiting for Spring | |
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French | En attendant le printemps |
Directed by | Marie-Geneviève Chabot |
Written by | Marie-Geneviève Chabot |
Produced by | Ian Oliveri Ian Quenneville |
Cinematography | Karine van Ameringen |
Edited by | Natalie Lamoureux |
Music by | Freeworm |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Les Films du 3 mars |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
Waiting for Spring (French : En attendant le printemps) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Marie-Geneviève Chabot and released in 2013. [1] The film centres on the town of Chapais in northern Quebec, a struggling former mining community whose residents are quietly resisting the economic pressures to abandon their hometown. [2] It focuses principally on the story of Berny, a retired former miner, and his small group of friends with whom he regularly goes ice fishing in the winter. [3]
The film won the Prix Jutra for Best Documentary Film at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014. [4]
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