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The Shimmering Beast

1982 128 min French
Wubly rating 7.3 IMDb rating 7.6

A documentary film about a group of hunters who gather annually to hunt moose near Maniwaki, Quebec.

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Cast

17 people

Pierre Perrault Director · Martin Leclerc Cinematographer

Budget $350K · First release October 15, 1982 · Produced in Canada

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$350,000

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Canada

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Original title

La bête lumineuse

Original language

French

Spoken on screen

French

Release dates

Canada · October 15, 1982

Theatrical

No release date listed for United States.

France

May 9, 1983 · Cannes Film Festival

Germany

October 2, 2012 · Hamburg Film Festival

Greece

April 7, 2005 · Thessaloniki Documentary Festival

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