The Promised Land
This feature-length fiction, originally produced as a television miniseries and based on the novel Nuages sur les brûlés by Hervé Biron, explores the colonization of northern Quebec during the Depression-era 1930s. These historical dramas relive the toil, hardship and unexpected rewards of the pioneer. Folk singer Félix Leclerc appears in each episode. Part I: Encounters with the inhospitable wilderness while clearing a townsite. Part II: Struggles for leadership; log cabins are built and the women arrive. Part III: The dangers of frontier life: forest fire, accident, anxiety about bankruptcy, lack of tools, hard labour. Part IV: Big steps forward: the curé brings in teachers and is in turn presented with a new, though rough-hewn, church.
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The Promised Land, Bernard Devlin, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
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directorBernard Devlin
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scriptBernard Devlin
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producerLéonard ForestGuy GloverVictor Jobin
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cameraGeorges Dufaux
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soundMichel Belaieff
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editingDavid MayerovitchRaymond Le Boursier
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sound editingBernard Bordeleau
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re-recordingRon Alexander
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castGeorges BouvierRoland BédardRoland d' AmourCamille DucharmePierre DufresneJ.-Léo GagnonLucille GauthierJean LajeunesseFélix LeclercNana de Varennes
