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Comme une odeur de menthe

2002 47 min
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Documentaire personnel sur le statut d’immigrant. Au seuil de la quarantaine, le réalisateur marque un temps d'arrêt pour réfléchir au trajet parcouru depuis son départ du Liban à l'âge de 30 ans. Il reviendra sur les lieux de son enfance, dans le petit village de Abey pour y redécouvrir les maisons de pierre, les mets traditionnels, la voix fascinante de Ferouz, bref, l'âme d'un pays.

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Documentaire personnel sur le statut d’immigrant. Au seuil de la quarantaine, le réalisateur marque un temps d'arrêt pour réfléchir au trajet parcouru depuis son départ du Liban à l'âge de 30 ans. Il reviendra sur les lieux de son enfance, dans le petit village de Abey pour y redécouvrir les maisons de pierre, les mets traditionnels, la voix fascinante de Ferouz, bref, l'âme d'un pays.

Social Issues Families Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism Foreign Countries Developing Countries All subjects
  • direction
    Pierre Sidaoui
  • picture
    François Vincelette
  • editing
    Dominique Sicotte
  • voice
    Wajdi Mouawad
    Manuel Tadros
    Agnès Sidaoui
    Orlando Arriagada
    Mario Bourassa
    Ryofa Chung
    Richard Cliche
    Geoffrey Mitchell
    Ghada Bou Merhi Sidaoui
    Joe Sidaoui
    Anthony Sidaoui
    Chaz Oliver
  • assistant to the director
    Ryofa Chung
  • None
    Pierre Lachapelle
    François Vincelette
    Georges Mauro
    Louise Overy
    Geoffrey Mitchell
    Élise Labbé
  • location sound
    Richard Lavoie
  • supplementary sound
    Diane Carrière
  • sound editing
    André Chaput
  • 2D computer graphics
    Louise Overy
  • titles
    Louise Overy
  • text
    Pierre Sidaoui
  • rights acquisition
    Claudine Bourgès
  • original music
    Ganesh Anandan
  • musician
    Rafik Samman
    Claude Maheu
    Claude Fradette
    Ganesh Anandan
  • song
    Feyrouz
  • sound effects creation
    Lise Wedlock
  • post-sync effects recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • sound mixer
    Jean Paul Vialard
  • online editing
    Denis Pilon
  • digital editing services
    Danielle Raymond
    Chaz Oliver
    Ochelle Greenidge
  • technical coordination
    Richard Cliche
  • administration
    Colette Brodeur
  • administration - assistance
    Dany Delpy
    Lise Fortin Roy
  • producer's assistant
    Christiane Germain
  • production
    Éric Michel

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Ages 14 to 17
School subjects
Diversity - Diversity in Communities Diversity - Identity Family Studies/Home Economics - Family Diversity and Challenges Social Studies - Communities in Canada/World
Comme une odeur de menthe
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