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Lock-keeper
19537 min 2 secFilm: Fiction
Direction: Pierre Arbour
Production: Guy Glover
Script: Anne Hébert
A short drama, from a script by Anne Hébert, showing the life of the lock-keeper. Old man Gregoire is devoted to his work getting ships through the locks. His daughter has other aspirations. A look at a way of life that has long since vanished.
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Subject categories
- Families > Family Life
- Work and Labour Relations > Occupations and TradesPortraitsWorking Life
- Transportation > Ports and WaterwaysWork and Labour Relations
Credits
- director
- Pierre Arbour
- producer
- Guy Glover
- script
- Anne Hébert
- camera
- Jean Roy
- narrator
- Elwood Glover
- cast
- Léo Gemme
- Jean-Guy Lareau
- Cécile Perrault
- Zotique Potvin