Dust from Underground

Dust from Underground (French: Poussière sur la ville) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Arthur Lamothe and released in 1968.[1] Adapted from the novel by André Langevin, the film stars Michelle Rossignol as Madeleine Dubois, a woman who begins to have an extramarital affair when her husband Alain (Guy Sanche) is too busy at work to devote any time and attention to their relationship.[2]

Dust from Underground
FrenchPoussière sur la ville
Directed byArthur Lamothe
Written byAndré Langevin
Based onPoussière sur la ville by André Langevin
Produced byPierre Patry
Jean Roy
StarringMichelle Rossignol
Guy Sanche
CinematographyGuy-Laval Fortier
Michel Brault
Jean Roy
Réo Grégoire
Michel Régnier
Jacques Filion
Edited byArthur Lamothe
Music byGilles Vigneault
Production
company
Coopératio
Release date
  • May 3, 1968 (1968-05-03)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The cast also included Henri Norbert, Nicole Filion, Gilles Pelletier, Nicolas Doclin, Roland Chenail, Victor Désy, Paul Guèvremont, Pierre Dupuis, Rose-Rey Duzil, Réjeanne Desrameaux and Louisette Dussault.

The film was shot in Thetford Mines, Quebec, in 1965,[3] but was not released theatrically until 1968.[2] In addition to screening commercially in Quebec, the film was screened at the 18th Berlin Film Festival in 1968 as part of Young Canadian Film, a lineup of films by emerging Canadian filmmakers.[4]

References
  1. Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 67.
  2. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Poussière sur la ville – Film d’Arthur Lamothe". Films du Québec, April 21, 2009.
  3. Christine Tellier, "Les conflits idéologiques dans Poussière sur la ville". Voix et images, Vol. 22, No. 3, Spring 1997.
  4. Gerald Pratley, "In and Out of Cinema". Cinema Canada, September 1968.


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