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French Enough

2022 18 min
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At her family’s summer cabin, singer-songwriter Alexis Normand weaves old home movies with current conversations to illuminate the struggle and triumph of reclaiming francophone Canadian identity on the Prairies.

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At her family’s cabin on Wakaw Lake, Saskatchewan, renowned Fransaskois singer-songwriter Alexis Normand invites audiences into a series of candid exchanges about belonging and bilingualism on the Prairies. Weaving together old home movies with current conversations, French Enough illuminates the struggle and triumph of reclaiming francophone Canadian identity. As parents, children and grandchildren sing, play and celebrate, in both French and English, the act of carrying a language forward finally becomes a thing of freedom and joy.

  • participation
    Bernard Normand
    Alexis Normand
    Sandy Normand
    Elise Normand
    Melissa Van Ham
    Monique Van Ham
    Craig Van Ham
    Brielle Van Ham
    Masson Normand
    Carly Normand
    Natalie Normand
    Lucie Normand
  • writer
    Alexis Normand
  • director
    Alexis Normand
  • producer
    Jon Montes
    Chehala Leonard
  • executive producer
    David Christensen
  • director of photography
    Sergio Olivares
  • editor
    Pauline Decroix
  • music
    Alexis Normand
  • sound design
    Johnny Blerot
  • consulting director
    Marie-France Guerrette Dempsey
  • sound recordist
    Tracy Westgard
  • 2nd camera operator
    Steve Kent
  • stills photographer
    Nicole Romanoff
  • consultant in development
    Danielle Sturk
  • production supervisor
    Esther Viragh
  • technical coordinator
    Luc Binette
    Albert Kurian
  • assistant editor
    Janet Savill
  • translation
    Claude Dionne
  • subtitles
    Claude Dionne
  • title design
    Mélanie Bouchard
  • online edit
    Jason Ludwig
    Studio Post
  • mix
    Johnny Blerot
  • studio operations manager
    Darin Clausen
  • studio administrator
    Bree Beach
    Devon Supeene
  • production coordinator
    Jessica Smith
    Janet Kwan
  • legal counsel
    Christian Pitchen
  • marketing manager
    Kelly Fox
  • marketing coordinator
    Jolène Lessard
  • publicist
    Katja De Bock

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