The River Schooners
The River Schooners (French: Les Voitures d'eau) is a Canadian documentary film, which was directed by Pierre Perrault and released in 1968.[1] The third and final film in his "Île-aux-Coudres Trilogy" after Pour la suite du monde and The Times That Are (Le règne du jour),[2] the film portrays workers in L'Isle-aux-Coudres, Quebec, who are employed in the traditional but fading art of building wooden schooners.[1]
| The River Schooners | |
|---|---|
| Les Voitures d'eau | |
| Directed by | Pierre Perrault |
| Produced by | Jacques Bobet Guy L. Côté |
| Starring | Alexis Tremblay Marie Tremblay |
| Cinematography | Bernard Gosselin |
| Edited by | Monique Fortier |
Production company | |
Release date | 1968 |
Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
The film was released theatrically in 1968.[3] In 1972, it was screened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, as part of the New Cinema from Quebec program of 11 theatrical films from the province made between 1968 and 1971.[4]
The three films in the trilogy were released as a DVD box set in 2007.[5]
References
- David Clandfield, Pierre Perrault and the Poetic Documentary. Indiana University Press, 2004. ISBN 9780968913239.
- ""La Trilogie de l'Ile-aux-Coudres" : Pierre Perrault, la révolution documentaire". Le Monde, July 5, 2007.
- Yves Laberge, "Le cinéma de Pierre Perreault : une réappropriation symboliqued’un fleuve". Cap-aux-Diamants, No. 74 (2003). pp. 48–51.
- "New Cinema from Quebec". Cinema Canada, March 1972. p. 12.
- Odile Tremblay, "La Trilogie de l'Île-aux-Coudres en DVD". Le Devoir, April 24, 2007.
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