Les raquetteurs (1958)
- Directed by
- Gilles Groulx, Michel Brault
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 15 min
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 12 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film follows a gathering of snowshoe enthusiasts in a small Quebec town in 1958. It shows people marching, dancing, and socializing without any voiceover or staged action.
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What happens
The Snowshoers (French: Les Raquetteurs) is a 1958 Direct Cinema documentary film co-directed by Michel Brault and Gilles Groulx. The film explores life in rural Quebec, at a convention of snowshoers in Sherbrooke, Quebec in February 1958. The film is notable for helping to establish the then-nascent French language production unit at the National Film Board of Canada, and more importantly, the development of a uniquely Quebec style of direct cinema. The film incorporates agile camera work and a largely synchronous soundtrack, uninterrupted by any narration, in keeping with the ethos of direct cinema to avoid any imposed "truth" on events onscreen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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