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L'incroyable histoire des machines à pluie

Ce long métrage documentaire lève le voile sur le mystère entourant les machines à pluie et les légendes qui l’entourent. Depuis toujours, la fabrication de la pluie fascine. Au Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, ces machines alimentent les conversations quotidiennes. Certains nient leur existence et se moquent de ceux qui y croient. D'autres ont des théories toutes plus originales les unes que les autres.
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Ce long métrage documentaire lève le voile sur le mystère entourant les machines à pluie et les légendes qui l’entourent. Depuis toujours, la fabrication de la pluie fascine. Au Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, ces machines alimentent les conversations quotidiennes. Certains nient leur existence et se moquent de ceux qui y croient. D'autres ont des théories toutes plus originales les unes que les autres.

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  • participant
    Rosaire Desbiens
    Gilles Tremblay
    Claudette St-Gelais
    Florent Simard
    Égide Brisson
    Janine Tremblay Desbiens
    Ginette Desbiens
    Hélène Desbiens
    Francine Desbiens
    Yannick Gauthier
    Justine Gauthier
    Jérome Gauthier
    Germain Lemieux
    Denis Morneau
    Gisèle Tremblay
    Louis Pilote
    Madeleine Jean
    Jacques D'Avignon
    Jeannine Fortin Simard
    Georgette Georgiev
    Jocelyne Blouin
    Michel Magnan
    Marjorie Magnan
    Ghislain Jacques
    Alexandre Munoz
    Dominic Quessy
    Stéphann Grégoire
    Dominick Bédard
    Germain Lefebvre
    Marc Poirier
    Henri Raymond
    Rénald Tremblay
    Ghislain St-Gelais
    Adrien Tremblay
    Rémi Girard
    Stéphane Munger
    Germaine Gravel
    Thérèse Tremblay
    Antoinette Rogers
    Charlotte Fortin
    Lise Tremblay
    Marguerite Girard
  • script
    Claude Bérubé
  • direction
    Claude Bérubé
  • assistant to the director
    Jocelyn Robert
  • None
    Carole Laganière
    Gilbert Lemire
    Claude Bérubé
    Guillaume Tremblay
    Daniel Trépanier
    Sonia Bouchard
  • research
    Claude Bérubé
    Jocelyn Robert
  • location sound
    Carol Bouchard
  • editing
    France Pilon
  • sound editing
    Daniel Toussaint
  • original music
    Jean Lapointe
  • online editing
    Denis Gathelier
  • titles
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • sound mixer
    Serge Boivin
    Shelley Craig
  • still photography
    Maxime Corneau
    Alain Corneau
  • production direction
    Jocelyn Robert
  • administration
    Pierre H. Simard
    Colette Allain
  • bookkeeper
    Caroline Girard
  • collaboration
    Vincent Ranallo
  • marketing
    Mia Desroches
  • technical coordination
    Brigitte Sénéchal
  • delegate producer
    Murielle Rioux-Poirier
  • production
    Alain Corneau
    Jacques Turgeon

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