Waiting for Spring (2013 film)

Waiting for Spring
FrenchEn attendant le printemps
Directed byMarie-Geneviève Chabot
Written byMarie-Geneviève Chabot
Produced byIan Oliveri
Ian Quenneville
CinematographyKarine van Ameringen
Edited byNatalie Lamoureux
Music byFreeworm
Production
company
Distributed byLes Films du 3 mars
Release date
  • February 2013 (2013-02)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Waiting for Spring (French: En attendant le printemps) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Marie-Geneviève Chabot and released in 2013.[1] The film centres on the town of Chapais in northern Quebec, a struggling former mining community whose residents are quietly resisting the economic pressures to abandon their hometown.[2] It focuses principally on the story of Berny, a retired former miner, and his small group of friends with whom he regularly goes ice fishing in the winter.[3]

The film won the Prix Jutra for Best Documentary Film at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014.[4]

  1. ^ André Lavoie, "L’hiver, de gré ou de force". Le Devoir, April 6, 2013.
  2. ^ "En attendant le printemps: Tough and resilient northerners keep busy, waiting for spring". Montreal Gazette, April 10, 2013.
  3. ^ Luc Laporte-Rainville, "Seul(s): En attendant le printemps de Marie-Geneviève Chabot". Ciné-Bulles, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Spring 2013). p. 27.
  4. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Jutra 2014 : les gagnants". Films du Québec, March 23, 2014.