Five men work together in a communal effort to build a skiff on Ile-aux-Coudres, an island in the St. Lawrence River. It is built in a traditional fashion, all the more remarkable because no blueprint is used. The film does not merely record a building tradition, it reveals the character of the craftsmen, who are influenced by a pre-industrial way of life underscored by spontaneity and wit.
Canada
Documentary
58 minutes
1980
Bernard Gosselin
Société Radio-Canada,
ONF | NFB
2020
7.7
2009
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1947
6.7
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2018
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1995
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1994
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5.3
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1994
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6.9
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5.0
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