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DIRECTOR: BENOÎT PILON
CANADA
Inuit hunter Tivii, stricken with tuberculosis, leaves his northernhome and family in 1952 to recuperate in a sanitarium near Quebec City. Uprooted, unable to speak French, and faced with a completely alien world, Tivii becomes despondent. His fading will to live is suddenly reinvigorated when his nurse arranges for a young Inuit to be transferred to the same hospital. The boy, and orphan named Kaki, manages to help Tivii adjust. In exchange for his kindness, Tivii educates his newfound friend about the ways of the land and the Inuit people, and rediscovers hope through his plan to adopt Kaki and bring him home with him. Winner of the Audience Prize at the Montreal Film Festival andt his year's Canadian submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. In French and Inukitut. ( 102 min )
Filmography: Rosaire et la Petite-Nation (97), 3 soeurs en 2 temps (03), Nestor et les oublies (06).
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