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The Snow Has Melted on the Manicouagan (1965)

The Snow Has Melted on the Manicouagan poster
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
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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.

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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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