Blue Winter (film)

Blue Winter (French: L'hiver bleu) is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by André Blanchard and released in 1979.[1] Using a cast of non-professional actors, the film centres on Christiane (Christiane Lévesque) and Nicole (Nicole Scant), two young adult sisters trying to establish themselves in the economically struggling city of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec.[2]

Blue Winter
FrenchL'hiver bleu
Directed byAndré Blanchard
Written byAndré Blanchard
Jeanne-Mance Delisle
Produced byMarguerite Duparc
StarringChristiane Lévesque
Nicole Scant
CinematographyAlain Dupras
Edited byGinette Leduc
Francis Van den Heuvel
Music byAbbitibbi
Production
company
Cinak
Distributed byLes Films du Crépuscule
Release date
1979
Running time
82 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film won the Prix de la critique québécoise in 1979.[2]

It was later screened at the 1984 Festival of Festivals as part of Front & Centre, a special retrospective program of artistically and culturally significant films from throughout the history of Canadian cinema.[3]

References

  1. Gilles Marsolais, "Les Mots de la tribu". Cinémas : Revue d'études cinématographiques Vol. 4, Iss. 2 (Winter 1994): 133-150,188.
  2. "Hiver bleu, L’ – Film d’André Blanchard". Films du Québec, January 30, 2009.
  3. Carole Corbeil, "The stars are coming out for Toronto's film festival". The Globe and Mail, September 6, 1984.


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