Overview
Today it is the city of Montreal, but 3 centuries ago the tiny band of missionary founders called it Ville-Marie, the holy city of Mary. This film goes back to its beginning and those who felt called to plant an oasis of Christianity in the North American wilderness. In an imaginative, at times almost surrealistic, way the film recalls the highborn company from France, and shows what survives of Ville-Marie in the Montreal of today.
Production
ONF | NFB
Cast & Characters
Gilles Marsolais
Narrator (voice)
Gisèle Trépanier
Narrator (voice)
Directors & Crew
Denys Arcand
Director
André Belleau
Producer
Andrée Thibault
Writer
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