Documentary · Canada · 1965 · 28m

Ville-Marie

Les Montréalistes

Ville-Marie poster
Director
Denys Arcand
Cast
Gilles Marsolais as Narrator (voice) Gisèle Trépanier as Narrator (voice)
Crew
Michel Brault — Director of Photography Bernard Gosselin — Director of Photography Jacques Leduc — Director of Photography Monique Fortier — Editor Andrée Thibault — Writer André Belleau — Producer
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
montreal, canadacanadian historynew france
Key Collaborators
Denys Arcand Director Michel Brault Director of Photography Bernard Gosselin Director of Photography Jacques Leduc Director of Photography Monique Fortier Editor Andrée Thibault Writer André Belleau Producer
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