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Cornouailles

Documentaire du maître du cinéma direct, où l'image, les mots et la musique se conjuguent en un extraordinaire récit poétique. Le cinéaste a planté sa caméra durant 120 jours à quelques kilomètres du pôle Nord, dans la vallée laineuse de la terre d'Ellesmere. Patiemment, il a attendu l'affrontement inévitable entre deux rivaux en quête d'un même territoire : deux bœufs musqués qui entreront finalement en lutte à la tombée du jour. Ils rugissent, chargent, emmêlent leurs cornes, se repoussent et chargent de nouveau. Jusqu'à ce que le vainqueur prenne calmement possession de son troupeau.
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Documentaire du maître du cinéma direct, où l'image, les mots et la musique se conjuguent en un extraordinaire récit poétique. Le cinéaste a planté sa caméra durant 120 jours à quelques kilomètres du pôle Nord, dans la vallée laineuse de la terre d'Ellesmere. Patiemment, il a attendu l'affrontement inévitable entre deux rivaux en quête d'un même territoire : deux bœufs musqués qui entreront finalement en lutte à la tombée du jour. Ils rugissent, chargent, emmêlent leurs cornes, se repoussent et chargent de nouveau. Jusqu'à ce que le vainqueur prenne calmement possession de son troupeau.

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  • director
    Pierre Perrault
  • script
    Pierre Perrault
  • text
    Pierre Perrault
  • producer
    Éric Michel
  • images
    Martin Leclerc
    Bernard Gosselin
  • editing
    Camille Laperrière
  • sound editing
    Marie-Claude Gagné
  • sound mixer
    Shelley Craig
    Terry Mardini
  • voice
    Michel Garneau
  • narration
    Michel Garneau
  • music
    Ginette Bellavance
    Daniel Toussaint

Education

Ages 14 to 17
School subjects
English Language Arts - Quebec Literature Geography - The Arctic Media Education - Documentary Film Science - Life Systems/Ecology
At once a documentary, a poem and a historical metaphor, this film lends itself to screening in various contexts. In literature classes, familiarize students with the Quebec poets mentioned in the film, and ask them to identify and analyze some of the metaphorical passages, such as “dans les replis incultes du glacier.” In history class, have students identify the allegory of war and that of the birth of a nation.

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