Blue Winter (1979)

Original title

L’Hiver bleu

Directed by

André Blanchard

Genre

docufiction

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 22m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two young adult sisters try to get by in the economically struggling city of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. The film follows them as they work and live in a faded industrial town.

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What happens

Blue Winter (French: L'hiver bleu) is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by André Blanchard and released in 1979. Using a cast of non-professional actors, the film centres on Christiane (Christiane Lévesque) and Nicole (Nicole Scant), two young adult sisters trying to establish themselves in the economically struggling city of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. The film won the Prix de la critique québécoise in 1979. It was later screened at the 1984 Festival of Festivals, as part of Front & Centre, a special retrospective program of artistically and culturally significant films from throughout the history of Canadian cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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