Un pays sans bon sens!
A cinematic exploration of the concept of belonging to a country. Is it rooted in people’s hearts, as some believe? Has the people of Quebec reached sufficient maturity to achieve autonomy and establish their own territory? What is a country? These are some of the questions raised in the film at a time when those known as French Canadians are questioning their identity. The documentary also explores the issue of belonging to a country for Indigenous peoples in Quebec and Bretons in France.
| Director | Pierre Perrault |
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Have you ever wondered about the "maturation potential of French Canadian Catholic mices"? Well, yes, believe it or not! At least if you've ever wondered about your own or collective identity. It is a very important question, relevant, serious, fundamental and dangerous, even. Pierre Perrault has been interested in this question throughout his work, but he tackles it in a particularly frontal manner in this quest to find meaning for a "country without common sense". As always, he gives it up to the People who see it through different points of view. From pragmatic scientists to dispossessed natives, the ROC and the Bretons, not to mention the sailors of Île-aux-Coudres and even Pierre Bourgault and René Lévesque, this choral film offers a testimony of incredible ethnographic value. A portrait that needs to be preserved and considered with all the seriousness it deserves. I love this film for many reasons, but one of them is that the lady in the first shot who wants to transgress the established order to go tease the white geese… is my mother.
Mathieu Perrault
Pierre Perrault's son
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FR- Un pays sans bon sens!
Language: Français
Subtitles: Français
- Année 1970
- Pays Quebec
- Durée 117
- Producteur ONF / NFB
- Langue French
- Sous-titres French
- Résumé court A cinematic exploration of the concept of belonging to a country. Is it rooted in people’s hearts, as some believe?
- Programmateur Gabrielle Ouimet|Tënk's Artistic Director;
- Ordre 1
- TLF_Applismb_CA 1
- Date édito CA 2026-11-13
Have you ever wondered about the "maturation potential of French Canadian Catholic mices"? Well, yes, believe it or not! At least if you've ever wondered about your own or collective identity. It is a very important question, relevant, serious, fundamental and dangerous, even. Pierre Perrault has been interested in this question throughout his work, but he tackles it in a particularly frontal manner in this quest to find meaning for a "country without common sense". As always, he gives it up to the People who see it through different points of view. From pragmatic scientists to dispossessed natives, the ROC and the Bretons, not to mention the sailors of Île-aux-Coudres and even Pierre Bourgault and René Lévesque, this choral film offers a testimony of incredible ethnographic value. A portrait that needs to be preserved and considered with all the seriousness it deserves. I love this film for many reasons, but one of them is that the lady in the first shot who wants to transgress the established order to go tease the white geese… is my mother.
Mathieu Perrault
Pierre Perrault's son
-
FR- Un pays sans bon sens!
Language: Français
Subtitles: Français
- Année 1970
- Pays Quebec
- Durée 117
- Producteur ONF / NFB
- Langue French
- Sous-titres French
- Résumé court A cinematic exploration of the concept of belonging to a country. Is it rooted in people’s hearts, as some believe?
- Programmateur Gabrielle Ouimet|Tënk's Artistic Director;
- Ordre 1
- TLF_Applismb_CA 1
- Date édito CA 2026-11-13
