Characters & Themes
The Snowshoers (1958) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1958 · 15 mins · French
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- Directed by
- Gilles Groulx, Michel Brault
- Starring
- Maurice Richard
Presented as a short documentary, it captures the celebration and ritual of a snowshoe competition in Sherbrooke during the late 1950s. The film introduced a fresh, reality‑based approach that anticipated the distinctive style later adopted by the National Film Board’s newly created French Unit. It is now regarded as a forerunner of direct cinema.
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