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Les Philharmonistes

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Les Philharmonistes
Directed byYves Leduc
Produced byFrançois Séguillon
CinematographyBernard Gosselin
Edited byYves Leduc
Production
company
Release date
  • 1971 (1971)
Running time
57 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Les Philharmonistes is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Yves Leduc and released in 1971.[1] The film centres on a group of workers at the Casavant Frères organ factory in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, who are also active as an amateur orchestra.[2]

The film won the Canadian Film Award for Best Theatrical Documentary at the 23rd Canadian Film Awards.[3]

References

  1. ^ "21 National Film Board movies in Canadian Film Award entries". Calgary Herald, September 24, 1971.
  2. ^ "Un film de l'ONF: 'Les Philharmonistes'". Programme de la Télévision Radio-Canada", July 28, 1973.
  3. ^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 93-95.