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Steel Blues

Pablo, Chilean emigrant, ex-professor, seeks work in a Montréal steel mill. Cut off from family, country and profession, he is baffled by a language he doesn't speak and a job he doesn't know. The film reproduces with accuracy and sensitivity his efforts to adjust to a new and bewildering world.
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Pablo, Chilean emigrant, ex-professor, seeks work in a Montréal steel mill. Cut off from family, country and profession, he is baffled by a language he doesn't speak and a job he doesn't know. The film reproduces with accuracy and sensitivity his efforts to adjust to a new and bewildering world.

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  • director
    Jorge Fajardo
  • producer
    Paul Larose
  • photography
    Martin Duckworth
  • sound
    Claude Hazanavicius
  • editing
    Pascale Laverriere
  • re-recording
    Richard Besse
  • cast
    Manuel Aranguiz
    Miguel Fernandes
    Jean-Marc Leclerc
    Antonio Maiato
    Guy Rondot
    Marc Thibeau
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