Daughter of the Crater
2019•G•1h 15m•5.5•Released
Documentary
A woman with a deep love of the land, Yolande Simard Perrault sees her life as having been shaped by a planetary upheaval in Charlevoix, Quebec, millions of years ago. As enduring as the Canadian Shield, she’s a woman of strength and spirit, a child of the crater left by the meteor’s impact. This documentary portrays a determined woman who’s the reflection of a land created on an immense scale. She was the creative and life partner of filmmaker Pierre Perrault, who gave up everything to be by her side. The film charts the influence of her unquenchable dreams and her contribution to the building of a people’s collective memory. In a stream of images and words, Simard Perrault recounts the splendours of the landscape and the people who shaped it. Generous and boundless, she embarks on a quest for identity that nurtures and perpetuates the oeuvre of the man who breathed new life into Quebec cinema.
Director
Nadine Beaudet
Writer
Nadine Beaudet, Danic Champoux
Languages
French
Studio
Les vues du fleuve
Cast
Yolande Simard Perrault
Self
Martin Brisson
Self
Jean-Michel Castonguay
Self
Production
Company
Les vues du fleuve
Company
ONF | NFB
Producer
Johanne Bergeron
Producer
Nadine Beaudet
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