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On the Ice Floe
201227 min 11 secFilm: Documentaire
Réalisation: Stéphane Lahoud
Production: Evelyne Lafleur Guy (Productions Par'Ici)Johanne Bergeron (National Film Board of Canada)Jacques Turgeon
Produced by Productions Par'Ici in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada.
At first glance, the lives of French artist Joseph Kieffer and the ice
fishermen of Rimouski, Quebec, seem worlds apart. But the two come together in
the great white north. Kieffer was invited to the town of Rimouski by the
Caravansérail Artists’ Centre, and soon after arriving he noticed groups of
men and women fishing on the ice covering the St. Lawrence River. He offered a
trade: in exchange for their stories, he would make them one-of-a-kind weather
vanes for their fishing shacks.
Kieffer’s project mirrors the people involved: it is endearing, tender, and
very human. Could this be the magical effect of the ice that forms on the
river’s surface every winter, drawing people back to participate in the annual
ritual of ice fishing? This is a place where silence is transformed into a
source of serenity and tranquility, and people join together in an effort to
fight off the cold. On the Ice Floe takes us into
the heart of this warm yet ephemeral community.
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Catégories de sujets
- Artisanat > Arts du métal et de la forge
- Sports d'hiver > Pêche et Voile sur glace
- Économie domestique/Étude de la famille > Diversité des familles et défis
- Langues > Français, langue seconde
- Histoire et éducation à la citoyenneté > La société québécoise depuis 1980
- Domaine des arts > Arts visuels
Générique
- réalisateur
- Stéphane Lahoud
- producteur associé
- André Mailly
- producteur
- Evelyne Lafleur Guy
- Johanne Bergeron
- Jacques Turgeon