(Le reel du pendu)

Content: Feature-length documentary filmed in three locations as far apart as possible: Louisiana, Acadia and Quebec, but where Le reel du pendu is played – a musical piece performed on the violin, harmonica and guitar or the accordion for over two hundred years. Through this improvised music of a death row inmate, the spectator is invited to discover for himself “the sound of the French in America”.

Countries:

Canada

Genres:

Documentary,

Music

Runtime:

57 minutes

Year:

1972

Directors:

André Gladu

Production companies:

ONF | NFB

Actors:

harmonica

violin

violin

accordionist

singer

Crews:

Director

Producer

Director of Photography

Sound

Sound