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The Wind-Swept Isles

The Wind-Swept Isles

1953

N/R

Categories:

  • Documentary

Overview:

This is a story of men against the sea. On the edge of the great sea lanes in the Gulf of St. Lawrence lies a tiny archipelago which is gradually shrinking from the ceaseless nibbling of the tides. Here, on the Magdalen Islands, live 10 000 sturdy fisherfolk, descended from fifteen Acadian families who, two hundred years ago, fled the threat of deportation. The film portrays the frugal but independent existence of these people and their relentless struggle to wrest a livelihood from a sea which reaches almost to their doors.

Jean Palardy

Director

Bernard Devlin

Producer

jean sarrazin

Writer

Cast:

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  • jean sarrazin

    jean sarrazin

    Narrator