The Snow Has Melted on the Manicouagan (1965)

Original title

La neige a fondu sur la Manicouagan

Directed by

Arthur Lamothe

Genre

docufiction

Country

Canada

Runtime

58 min

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman in rural northern Quebec struggles with her feelings for her husband and her wish to get away from their boring isolated life near a large dam. The movie is known for introducing a famous Quebec folk song.

melancholicisolatedslow-burnthoughtfulrestrainedatmosphericquietly emotionalintrospectivecold

What happens

The Snow Has Melted on the Manicouagan (French: La neige a fondu sur la Manicouagan) is a Canadian dramatic docufiction film, directed by Arthur Lamothe and released in 1965. The film stars Monique Miller as a woman who is torn between the love of her husband (Jean Doyon) and her desire to escape the dreariness and tedium of their isolated life in rural northern Quebec where he works as a maintenance engineer on the Daniel-Johnson Dam. The cast also includes Margot Campbell and singer-songwriter Gilles Vigneault in supporting roles. The film is historically most noted for "Mon Pays", Vigneault's most famous song and a classic of Quebec music, which was introduced as the film's theme song. The film premiered at the 1965 Montreal International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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