Ocean (2002)

Original title

Océan

Directed by

Catherine Martin

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

50 min

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a journey on the Océan passenger train from Montreal to Halifax. Through interviews and footage, it explores what train travel used to mean and how people remember it.

contemplativenostalgicmeditativegentlereflectiveslow-pacedbittersweetobservational

What happens

Ocean (French: Océan) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Catherine Martin and released in 2002. Centred on the Océan passenger train from Montreal to Halifax, the film mixes footage from a trip on the train with interviews on the cultural and historical significance of train travel, touching particularly on themes of memory and nostalgia for past times when long-distance travel by rail was much more common than it is in the 21st century. The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2002. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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