Log Drive (1957)
- Original title
- La drave
- Directed by
- Raymond Garceau
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 20 min
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A ballad singer narrates the annual Quebec tradition of moving spruce wood down a river using dynamite and cant hooks. Men leap over the logs to guide them.
energeticnostalgicobservationalfolkloricbriskmuscularearthy
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