Waiting for Spring (2013)
- Original title
- En attendant le printemps
- Directed by
- Marie-Genevieve Chabot
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A documentary about a shrinking mining town in northern Quebec. It follows a retired miner and his friends as they go ice fishing through the winter.
observationalgentlecontemplativequietcold-weatherresilientintimateslow-paced
What happens
Waiting for Spring (French: En attendant le printemps) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Marie-Geneviève Chabot and released in 2013. The film centres on the town of Chapais in northern Quebec, a struggling former mining community whose residents are quietly resisting the economic pressures to abandon their hometown. It focuses principally on the story of Berny, a retired former miner, and his small group of friends with whom he regularly goes ice fishing in the winter. The film won the Prix Jutra for Best Documentary Film at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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