Ville-Marie
1965•28m•8.0•Released
Documentary
Today it is the city of Montreal, but 3 centuries ago the tiny band of missionary founders called it Ville-Marie, the holy city of Mary. This film goes back to its beginning and those who felt called to plant an oasis of Christianity in the North American wilderness. In an imaginative, at times almost surrealistic, way the film recalls the highborn company from France, and shows what survives of Ville-Marie in the Montreal of today.
Director
Denys Arcand
Writer
Andrée Thibault
Languages
French
Studio
ONF | NFB
Cast
Gilles Marsolais
Narrator (voice)
Gisèle Trépanier
Narrator (voice)
Production
Company
ONF | NFB
Producer
André Belleau
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