Post-Production - FRENCH-CANADIAN - Drama - 120 minutes
The story immerses us in a historical drama while captivating us with the strange lives of three men who had chosen freedom above all else.
Year of production : 2019 Director(s) : Louise ARCHAMBAULT Writer(s) : Louise ARCHAMBAULT Cast : Andrée LACHAPELLE, Gilbert SICOTTE, Rémy GIRARD, Kenneth WELSH, Ève LANDRY, Éric ROBIDOUX Producer(s) : Ginette PETIT (Les Films Outsiders inc.), Nathalie BISSONNETTE (Les Films Outsiders inc.)
A photographer sets off toward a mysterious forest to find Boychuk, witness and victim of the Great Fire that swept through Northern Ontario at the turn of the 20th century. But before she arrives, she learns that Boychuck has just perished.Survivors of the long-ago fire, Tom and Charlie, two elderly men who have chosen to live out their last days in the woods, are introduced to Marie Desneige, whose 60 year institutionalization has only fueled her passion for life. Meanwhile, the photographer is discovering that Boychuck had been a painter, whose life’s work had been entirely inspired by the Great Fire.This is the setting in which Il pleuvait des oiseaux comes into life. The story immerses us in a historical drama while captivating us with the strange lives of these men of the forest. Three men who, in choosing freedom above all else, made a deal with death.
Country(ies) : CANADA Financing plan : SODEC, Téléfilm Canada, Fonds Harold Greenberg, Fonds COGÉCO de développement, MK2 | MILE-END, INDIE SALES, Start of shooting : July 2018