The Black Squirrel
This feature film is a different portrait of Ottawa, as transfigured by the loving but provocative gaze of well-known Francophone writer Daniel Poliquin. In his novels, the national capital metamorphoses, like the dreaded rat that supposedly changed into the city's ubiquitous black squirrel in a bid to win our affection. Alternating reality and fiction, the film reveals another Ottawa through the dreams and desires of his novels' characters - all portrayed by Poliquin himself.
This feature film is a different portrait of Ottawa, as transfigured by the loving but provocative gaze of well-known Francophone writer Daniel Poliquin. In his novels, the national capital metamorphoses, like the dreaded rat that supposedly changed into the city's ubiquitous black squirrel in a bid to win our affection. Alternating reality and fiction, the film reveals another Ottawa through the dreams and desires of his novels' characters - all portrayed by Poliquin himself.
Damien Robitaille
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The Black Squirrel, Fadel Saleh, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
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directorFadel Saleh
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scriptFadel Saleh
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producerYves Bisaillon
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cameraKarl Roeder
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editingAlan Collins
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original musicPhilippe Lapointe
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sound editingClaude Langlois
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soundPhil BrouwerStephen McCabe
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online editingDenis PilonSylvain Desbiens
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re-recordingSerge BoivinGeoffrey Mitchell
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castDaniel PoliquinCatherine ColveyLouise NaubertLynne AdamsEvangelos AlexiouÉloi ArchambaudoinStéphane AubinMarcel AymarRoch CastonguayNikola DelevMarie-Maude DenisChrystiane DroletHarry EltonLyette GoyetteHedwige HerbietPierre HuotRenaud Lacelle-BourbonPaul LatreilleVincent LeclercPatrick Louis LerouxHypollito MuanzaLianne Picard-PoirierMohammed RahalLuc ThériaultLyn VaillancourtLouise Villeneuve
