Frédéric Back Collection -2-DVD Set ( L'homme qui plantait des arbres / Le fleuve aux grandes eaux / Tout-rien / Crac / Abracadabra / Inon ou La Conquête du feu / La Création des oiseaux / Illusion / Taratata ) ( The Man Who Planted Trees / The Mighty River / All Nothing / Crac / Abracadabra / Inon or The Conquest of Fire / The Creation of Birds / Illusion / Taratata )

Frédéric Back Collection -2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

$61.99

Original Title: L'homme qui plantait des arbres / Le fleuve aux grandes eaux / Tout-rien / Crac / Abracadabra / Inon ou La Conquête du feu / La Création des oiseaux / Illusion / Taratata
Alternate Title: The Man Who Planted Trees / The Mighty River / All Nothing / Crac / Abracadabra / Inon or The Conquest of Fire / The Creation of Birds / Illusion / Taratata
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
231 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1970 - 1993 and produced in:
Canada ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Frédéric Back
Pierre Sarrazin

Written By:
Jean Giono
Jean Roberts
Frédéric Back
Hubert Fielden
Graeme Ross
Pierre Sarrazin

Actors:
Philippe Noiret ..... Récitant / Narrator (voice: French version)
Christopher Plummer ..... Narrator (voice: English version)
Paul Hébert ..... Narrator (voice: French version)
Donald Sutherland ..... Narrator (voice: English version)
Frédéric Back
Budd Knapp ..... Narrator

Synopsis:

The Man Who Planted Trees (L'homme qui plantait des arbres) (1988)
The story of one shepherd's long and successful singlehanded effort to re-forest a desolate valley.

The Mighty River (Le fleuve aux grandes eaux) (1993)
The environmental history of the St. Lawrence River and the impact of human exploitation of it.

All Nothing (Tout-rien) (1980)
A moving plea for ecological sanity done on frosted cels, earned Back his first Oscar® nomination.

Crac (1981)
The industrialization of Montreal, as seen from the point of view of a rocking-chair.

Abracadabra (1970)
Made in collaboration with Graeme Ross, tells the story of an evil wizard who steals the sun but is defeated by a group of children.

Inon or The Conquest of Fire (Inon ou La Conquête du feu) (1971)
Depicts the Algonquin tale of how Hawk and Beaver stole fire from the Thunder God, Inon, to alleviate mankind's suffering.

The Creation of Birds (La Création des oiseaux) (1973)
The Mi'kmaq god Glooscap fashions birds from fallen autumn leaves: a miracle that recurs each spring when the birds return to the branches of the trees where they were fledged.

Illusion (1975)
A magician tries to lure the children away from nature with his tricks.

Taratata (1977)
A tribute to the parades that used to be held on Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, Quebec's national holiday. These parades were an occasion to honour traditional values or demonstrate progress by way of allegorical floats.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 29 July, 2018.