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Klondike Promises

2012 42 min
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It’s been over a century since prospectors roamed the Klondike in search of gold. Like Charlie Chaplin and Lucky Luke before her, filmmaker Julie Plourde tracks the modern-day explorers for whom the dream of the gold rush is still alive and well. Réjean Audet is one such person. A tireless prospector, he remains confident and committed—just like the miners of bygone days, who staked everything on the slim hope of striking it rich. His day-to-day adventures bring alive an entire era, to the backdrop of the magnificent Yukon and the vestiges of industry. Combining archival images and the secrets of …

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It’s been over a century since prospectors roamed the Klondike in search of gold. Like Charlie Chaplin and Lucky Luke before her, filmmaker Julie Plourde tracks the modern-day explorers for whom the dream of the gold rush is still alive and well. Réjean Audet is one such person. A tireless prospector, he remains confident and committed—just like the miners of bygone days, who staked everything on the slim hope of striking it rich. His day-to-day adventures bring alive an entire era, to the backdrop of the magnificent Yukon and the vestiges of industry. Combining archival images and the secrets of those who crisscross these coveted lands, Klondike Promises pays tribute to a place of legend with a colourful past. In French with English subtitles.
  • participation
    Réjean Audet
    Lorenzo Grimard
    David Millar
  • direction
    Julie Plourde
  • screenplay
    Julie Plourde
  • research
    Julie Plourde
  • additional research
    Claire Bourbonnais
  • script consultant
    Carole Laganière
  • production coordinator
    Renée de Sousa
  • director of photography
    Allan Code
  • sound
    Michael Code
  • set photographer
    Renée de Sousa
  • editing assistant
    Christopher Logan
  • editor
    Jane MacRae
  • sound editor
    Daniel Toussaint
  • foley
    Lise Wedlock
  • original music
    Daniel Janke
  • musician
    Daniel Janke
    Lonnie Powell
    Jordy Walker
    Jesse Zubot
  • subtitles
    Robert Gray
  • online editor
    Yannick Carrier
  • mixer
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • titles
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • marketing manager
    Jean Saad
  • marketing assistant
    Geneviève Bérard
  • administrator
    Alexandrine Torres de Figueiredo
  • administrative assistant
    Ai Rei Dooh-Tousignant
    Vanessa Emam
  • technical coordinator
    Daniel Claveau
  • producer
    Anne-Marie Rocher
  • executive producer
    Jacques Turgeon

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