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Le reel du pendu (1972)

Feature-length documentary filmed in three locations as far apart as possible: Louisiana, Acadia and Quebec, but where Le reel du pendu is played – a musical piece performed on the violin, harmonica and guitar or the accordion for over two hundred years. Through this improvised music of a death row inmate, the spectator is invited to discover for himself “the sound of the French in America”.

Release: 1972-01-01
Runtime: 57 min
Cast
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Isom Fontenot
harmonica
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Dennis McGhee
violin
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S.D Courville
violin
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Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin
accordionist
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Majorique Duguay
singer
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André Savoie
violin
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Gilbert Mallet