Voitures D'Eau, Les

Release Information
March 19, 1969
TV (Radio-Canada)
Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)
Budget
Actual cost: $115,000
Distributors
Office National du Film
Office National du Film

Production Details

Executive Producer
Jacques Bobet
Jacques Bobet
Jacques Bobet
Jacques Bobet
Jacques Bobet
Jacques Bobet
Jacques Bobet
Producer
Guy L. Coté
Guy L. Coté
Guy L. Coté
Guy L. Coté
Guy L. Coté
Guy L. Coté
Guy L. Coté
Guy L. Coté
Guy L. Coté
Jacques Bobet
Jacques Bobet
Jacques Bobet
Jacques Bobet
Jacques Bobet
Jacques Bobet
Jacques Bobet
Jacques Bobet
Jacques Bobet
Jacques Bobet
Jacques Bobet
Director
Pierre Perrault
Pierre Perrault
Pierre Perrault
Pierre Perrault
Pierre Perrault
Pierre Perrault
Pierre Perrault
Pierre Perrault
Pierre Perrault
Pierre Perrault
Pierre Perrault
Serge Beauchemin
Guy L. Coté
Guy L. Coté
Guy L. Coté
Guy L. Coté
Guy L. Coté
Bernard Gosselin
Bernard Gosselin
Bernard Gosselin
Bernard Gosselin
Bernard Gosselin
Director of Photography
Bernard Gosselin
Bernard Gosselin
Bernard Gosselin
Bernard Gosselin
Bernard Gosselin
Bernard Gosselin
Bernard Gosselin
Bernard Gosselin
Bernard Gosselin
Bernard Gosselin
Bernard Gosselin
Bernard Gosselin
Bernard Gosselin
Bernard Gosselin
Director of Sound
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Serge Beauchemin
Writer
Pierre Perrault
Guy L. Coté
Guy L. Coté
Jacques Bobet
Editor
Monique Fortier
Monique Fortier
Monique Fortier
Monique Fortier
Monique Fortier
Monique Fortier
Monique Fortier
Monique Fortier
Monique Fortier
Monique Fortier
Monique Fortier
Monique Fortier
Monique Fortier
Monique Fortier
Monique Fortier
Monique Fortier
Monique Fortier
Monique Fortier
Guy L. Coté
Guy L. Coté
Guy L. Coté
Guy L. Coté
Guy L. Coté
Bernard Gosselin
Bernard Gosselin
Cast
Yvan Tremblay
Aurèle Tremblay
Laurent Tremblay
Nérée Harvey
Éloi Perron
Joachim Harvey
Joachim Harvey
Léopold Tremblay
Léopold Tremblay
Léopold Tremblay
Alexis Tremblay
Alexis Tremblay
Alexis Tremblay
Alexis Tremblay
Louis Harvey
Louis Harvey
Louis Harvey
Pierre Perrault
Jacques Bobet
Bernard Gosselin
Bernard Gosselin
Bernard Gosselin
Bernard Gosselin
Bernard Gosselin
111 minutes, 1966

Pierre Perrault’s third full-length film shot at Île-aux-Coudres, LES VOITURES D’EAU examines the problems of the men who build and sail wooden schooners, in an era ruled by steel ships, international competition and monopolies. Seafaring men, skillful in both words and actions, the captains of these last schooners are witnessing the dying days of a creative era, one in which their sons will not take part. The first part of the film theorizes about the knowledge and human spirit that go into crafting wooden boats. The second part, which shows a tragic season of sailing on the St. Lawrence, asks serious questions about the economic and political integration of French Canadians.

Source: Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)

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