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Référendum

(Tempest in Town)

Year: 1953
Language: French
Runtime: 13 min
Director: Raymond Garceau
Producer: Bernard Devlin
Writer: Norman Klenman, Raymond Garceau
Cinematographer: Walter Sutton
Editor: Victor Jobin
Sound: Clarke Daprato
Narration: Allan Mills
Production Company: National Film Board of Canada
This satirical, dramatized documentary about conflicts in a small Quebec town over the installation of a modern water supply system is a key example of the work of Raymond Garceau and offers a warmly sympathetic portrait of the traditional ways of life in rural Quebec.

By: Peter Morris

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