Your Country, My Country | |
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French | Dans ton pays... |
Directed by | Marquise Lepage |
Written by | Marquise Lepage |
Produced by | Jacques Vallée Monique Létourneau |
Starring | Laurent Faubert-Bouvier Fatuma Kayembe Louise Richer Olivier Savoie-Mainguy |
Cinematography | Jean-Pierre Lachapelle |
Edited by | France Pilon |
Music by | Jean Derome Robert Marcel Lepage |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Languages | French English |
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