La bête lumineuse (1982)
- Directed by
- Pierre Perrault
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 2h 08m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 12 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A group of men gather every year to hunt moose in the woods of Quebec. The film watches them as they talk, prepare, and carry out the hunt.
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What happens
The Shimmering Beast (French: La bête lumineuse) is a 1982 Canadian documentary film produced by the National Film Board of Canada and directed by Pierre Perrault. It is about a group of hunters who gather annually to hunt moose near Maniwaki, Quebec. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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