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The Last Glacier
19841 h 23 min 45 secFilm: Fiction, Feature-length fiction
Direction: Roger FrappierJacques Leduc
Production: Jean Dansereau
Script: Roger FrappierJacques Leduc
Schefferville, a single-industry town, is closing down because the mine that gave it birth has ceased operation. There is a general exodus. The film singles out Raoul and Carmen, for whom the demise of the town signals the irrevocable breakdown of their marriage. Professional actors mix smoothly with the local population to heighten the documentary aspect of this drama. The resulting docudrama illustrates the vulnerability of the citizens of these artificially created towns. With English sub-titles.
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Subject categories
- Work and Labour Relations > Company ClosuresUnemployment and Job Hunting
- Families > CouplesWork and Unemployment
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > LifestylesLiving in non-Indigenous CommunitiesQuébec and Ontario
- Mining > Mine ClosingMining CommunitiesQuébecWork Issues
- History and Citizenship Education > Economy and Development (1500-present)
- Geography > Human Geography
- Indigenous Studies > Issues and Contemporary Challenges
Credits
- director
- Roger Frappier
- Jacques Leduc
- script
- Roger Frappier
- Jacques Leduc
- producer
- Jean Dansereau
- camera
- Jacques Leduc
- Pierre Letarte
- sound
- Claude Beaugrand
- sound editing
- Claude Beaugrand
- editing
- Monique Fortier
- music
- René Lussier
- Jean Derome
- cast
- Renato Battisti
- Martin Dumont
- Robert Gravel
- Louise Laprade
- Michel Rivard
- Marie St-Onge
Awards
- Honorable MentionInternational Film Festival