Feature-length documentary as part of Pierre Perrault's Abitibian Cycle. The filmmaker questions the past and present of Abitibi and draws up, face to face, the promises of colonization in the 1930s and the great disappointment caused by the closing of the land in the 1970s. There are witnesses to the heroic era, including the cultivator Hauris Lalancette, as well as extracts from films by Father Maurice Proulx (1934-1940).
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Pierre Perrault Director · Bernard Gosselin Cinematographer Claire Boyer Editor
First release January 1, 1976 · Produced in Canada · Original title Le Retour à la terre
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ONF | NFB
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Canada
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Original title
Le Retour à la terre
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Canada · January 1, 1976
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