The Point (1978)
- Directed by
- Robert A. Duncan
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 48 min
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary portraits Point St. Charles, a poor and tough Montreal neighborhood. It shows the daily lives of its English-speaking Irish residents, many on welfare, and captures both the hardship and the community's resilient spirit.
bleakhonestobservationalgrittyresilientunderstatedneighborhooddocu-realist
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