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Release Date:
September 13, 2019
Original Title:
Il pleuvait des oiseaux
Alternate Titles:
Птицы падали дождём
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Les Films Outsiders
Production Countries:
Canada
Ratings / Certifications:
JP: G
Runtime: 127
A photographer sets off toward a mysterious forest to find Boychuk, witness and victim of the Great Fire that swept through Northern Ontario at the turn of the 20th century. But before she arrives, she learns that Boychuck has just perished. Survivors of the long-ago fire, Tom and Charlie, two elderly men who have chosen to live out their last days in the woods, are introduced to Marie Desneige, whose 60 year institutionalization has only fueled her passion for life. Meanwhile, the photographer is discovering that Boychuck had been a painter, whose life’s work had been entirely inspired by the Great Fire. The story immerses us in a historical drama while captivating us with the strange lives of these men of the forest. Three men who, in choosing freedom above all else, made a deal with death.
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Director:
Louise Archambault
Director of Photography:
Mathieu Laverdière
Editor:
Richard Comeau
Executive Producer:
Nathalie Bissonnette
Novel:
Jocelyne Saucier
Producer:
Ginette Petit
Nathalie Bissonnette
Production Design:
Marie-Claude Gosselin
Jean Lebourdais
Screenplay:
Louise Archambault
Sound:
Jean Camden
Sylvain Bellemare
Stéphane Larivière
Bernard Gariépy Strobl
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