Underplayed Gems

Tuktuq (2016)

Tuktuq poster
Directed by
Robin Aubert
Genre
docufiction
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
G
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A cameraman travels to a remote Inuit village in northern Quebec to film the community for a government project. He discovers the real reason for the project is to force the residents out for a new hydroelectric development.

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Tuktuq is a Canadian docufiction film from Quebec, directed by Robin Aubert and released in 2016. The film stars Aubert as Martin Brodeur, a cameraman who is sent to a small Inuit village in the Nunavik region of Quebec as part of a government project to film the community, but soon learns that the reason behind the project is that the residents are about to be forcibly displaced as part of a major new hydroelectricity development. The film's cast also includes Robert Morin in a voice role as the government minister, and Brigitte Poupart as his ex-girlfriend. It was made while Aubert was on a cultural exchange residency in Kangiqsujuaq in 2012. The film was billed as the second part of a "Fantômes et voyages" pentalogy of films that would each take place on a different continent, following Train to Nowhere (À quelle heure le train pour nulle part) in 2009. As of 2024, no further films in the series have been released. The film received three Prix Iris nominations at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2018: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Morin) and Best Editing (Aubert). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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