The Necessities of Life

Year: 2008

Runtime: 102 mins

Language: French

Director: Benoît Pilon

Drama

In 1952 an Inuit hunter, Tivii, is sent from his home to a Quebec City sanatorium for tuberculosis. Isolated and unable to speak French, he becomes despondent, refuses food, wishes death. Nurse Carole brings Kaki, a sick orphan who speaks both languages. Sharing his culture with Kaki restores Tivii’s pride and hope, prompting him to adopt the boy.

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