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Saturday 23 : 5:15 pm
Wednesday 27 : 2:15 pm
Thursday 28 : 11:50 am
Friday 29 : 12:30 pm
Sunday 1 : 1:50 pm
Wednesday 4 : 3:30 pm

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La famille de la forêt / The Familly of the Forest (with English subtitles)

Information

Language

French

Audience

65 and up
Teens
Adults
Young adults
For Members only

Type of activity

Cinéma du Musée

Mode

In Person

Saturday 23 : 5:15 pm
Wednesday 27 : 2:15 pm
Thursday 28 : 11:50 am
Friday 29 : 12:30 pm
Sunday 1 : 1:50 pm
Wednesday 4 : 3:30 pm

April 7 – May 5, 2022

Original French version with English subtitles.

 

Post-screening discussion with the director Laura Reitveld on Saturday, April 9 at 2:30 pm.

Gérard Mathar and Catherine Jacob left family, friends and homeland for a life of self-sufficiency in the boreal forest of the Gaspé Peninsula, Québec. Now as their sons become adults, will the next generation also commit to a life bound to forest, land and sea? What makes the intense demands and sacrifices of this life worth it? What does it mean to truly appreciate and live with nature? And what can we learn from this inspiring family? The Family of the Forest ponders these questions with a poetic sensitivity while joining the Jacob-Mathar family at a pivotal time: as Côme, Ossyane, and Jonas emerge into adulthood and Gérard and Catherine complete an ambitious plan to keep sons close to family and forest.

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