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France on a Pebble

Name: France on a Pebble
Duration: 29 min

Claude Fournier & Gilles Groulx

1961 | 29 min

The 4,000 inhabitants of the archipelago of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon describe it as a caillou—a tiny rock on which they live, lost in the shadow of Newfoundland. There is something mysterious and inexplicable about this extension of faraway France. In broad strokes, the film paints a picture of this insular population, revealing their history, daily lives and singular character.

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<iframe src="https://www.nfb.ca/film/france_on_a_pebble/embed/player/" width="(( width ))" height="(( height ))" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true"></iframe><p style="width:(( width ))px"><a href="https://www.nfb.ca/film/france_on_a_pebble/" target="_blank"><em>France on a Pebble</em></a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.nfb.ca/directors/claude-fournier/" title="more films by Claude Fournier" target="_blank"><span>Claude Fournier</span></a><span> & </span><a href="https://www.nfb.ca/directors/gilles-groulx/" title="more films by Gilles Groulx" target="_blank"><span>Gilles Groulx</span></a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.nfb.ca" target="_blank">provided by the National Film Board of Canada</a></p>

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director

Claude Fournier

Gilles Groulx
producer

Jacques Bobet

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