Waiting_for_Spring_(2013_film)

<i>Waiting for Spring</i> (2013 film)

Waiting for Spring (2013 film)

2013 Canadian documentary film

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]

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The film won the Prix Jutra for Best Documentary Film at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    André Lavoie, "L’hiver, de gré ou de force". Le Devoir, April 6, 2013.
  2. [2]
    "En attendant le printemps: Tough and resilient northerners keep busy, waiting for spring". Montreal Gazette, April 10, 2013.
  3. [3]
    Luc Laporte-Rainville, "Seul(s): En attendant le printemps de Marie-Geneviève Chabot". Ciné-Bulles, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Spring 2013). p. 27.
  4. [4]
    Charles-Henri Ramond, "Jutra 2014 : les gagnants". Films du Québec, March 23, 2014.


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