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On the Sea

Name: On the Sea
Duration: 29 min

René Bonnière & Pierre Perrault

1960 | 29 min

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Three communities at the foot of the Charlevoix cliffs, Petite-Rivière, île-aux-Coudres and Les Éboulements, practise the myriad trades of the sea. Its men are sailors, stevedores, longshoremen for the coasting trade. In winter, they becomes caulkers, carpenters and timer-cutters who will build a new vessel if required, or repair, caulk and paint the over 150 wooden schooners that ply the St. Lawrence River.

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Credits

director

René Bonnière

Pierre Perrault
text

Pierre Perrault
English text

Judith Crawley
photography

Kenneth Campbell

Michel Thomas-d'Hoste
sound

Tony Betts

David Howells
sound editing

John Knight
narrator

Lloyd Bochner
music

Larry Crosley

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