In Abitibi, hundreds of kilometres from the city, thousands of men work as brush cutters. They have to go up north to do their job, like Jos Montferrand and Francois Paradis. For five or six months a year, these 21st-century lumberjacks live far from their families in logging camps where Quebecers of French-Canadian descent and Neo-Quebecers from Africa, Eastern Europe and Asia work side by side. Stéphanie Lanthier spends an entire season documenting the adventure of these "exiled" men of all ages and nationalities who make their living in Quebec's boreal forest.
Publisher:[Montreal] : National Film Board of Canada, c2010.
General Note: In French/Romanian with optional English and French subtitles.Home use only.Widescreen format.Originally released as a documentary film in 2010.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, Alain Dupras ; location sound, Richard Lavoie ; editing, Aube Foglia ; sound editing, Daniel Toussaint ; original music, Benoit Daoust, Michel Demers, Claude Fradette.