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Once upon a Hunt
19721 h 37 min 45 secFilm: Fiction, Feature-length fiction
Direction: Francis Mankiewicz
Production: Pierre Gauvreau
Script: Francis Mankiewicz
This feature film is the story of three men and a boy who leave the city for the bush and a three-day hunt. For the hunters escaping the routine of daily life and work, the hunt is a move towards freedom. And above all, it is a chance to prove their virility in conquering the wild. Their attempts end in failure and tragedy. Preview before screening for a general audience. Dubbed English version.
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Subject categories
- Sports and Leisure > Sport Hunting and Shooting
- History and Citizenship Education > Modernization of Quebec Society (1929-1980)
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Relationships
Credits
- director
- Francis Mankiewicz
- script
- Francis Mankiewicz
- producer
- Pierre Gauvreau
- camera
- Michel Brault
- sound
- Claude Hazanavicius
- editing
- Werner Nold
- sound editing
- Bernard Bordeleau
- re-recording
- Michel Descombes
- music
- Pierre F. Brault
- cast
- Françoise Berd
- Frédérique Collin
- Pierre Dufresne
- Amulette Garneau
- Luce Guilbeault
- Guy L'Écuyer
- Julien Lippé
- Monique Mercure
- Marcel Sabourin
- Olivier L'Écuyer
Awards
- Etrog - Special Jury Award given to Francis MankiewiczGenie Awards
- Etrog for Best Overall Sound to Claude HazanaviciusGenie Awards
- Etrog for Best Cinematography to Michel BraultGenie Awards