Drifting States (2005)

Original title

Les états nordiques

Directed by

Denis Côté

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Montreal man moves to a small northern Quebec town to start a new life. The film blends fictional scenes with documentary footage of the actual residents.

slow-pacedobservationalcontemplativebleakquietintrospectiveunderstatedlonely

What happens

Drifting States (French: Les États nordiques) is a 2005 Canadian docufiction drama film written and directed by Denis Côté. Starring Christian LeBlanc alongside residents of Radisson, the film follows a Montreal man starting over in a remote northern Quebec town. It was Côté’s feature-length debut, combines documentary and fictional elements, and won the Golden Leopard in the Video category at the 2005 Locarno Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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