Frank Cole’s second movie is a short black-and-white marvel of direct cinema. He visits the Mountenay family, who live in a stretch of abandoned forest in the Ottawa Valley. Another glimpse into a home life, and part of the long home movie that Cole was busy making whenever he turned on the camera.
Also in this combined programme
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The Man Who Crossed the Sahara
A deliberate, sobering and compelling film about the life of film maker Frank Cole who crossed the Sahara alone and was murdered by bandits in… -
A Documentary
In Frank’s first short film, he brings a terrifying mixture of intimacy and distance to bear on his aging grandparents.
Film details
- Country of production
- Canada
- Year
- 1981
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 22'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
