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Catalogue Number: NFB524709
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Éric Michel
Directors: Pierre Sidaoui
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Canadian Social Issues, Canadian Social Studies, Diversity, Documentary, Family Studies/Home Economics, Global Studies, Social Issues, Social Studies, World History
Language: English
Grade Level: Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2002
Running Time: 47:33
Closed Captions: Yes
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A Scent of Mint - DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB524709
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Éric Michel
Directors: Pierre Sidaoui
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Canadian Social Issues, Canadian Social Studies, Diversity, Documentary, Family Studies/Home Economics, Global Studies, Social Issues, Social Studies, World History
Language: English
Grade Level: Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2002
Running Time: 47:33
Closed Captions: Yes
Click here for pricing
Growing up in the small Lebanese town of Abey, Pierre Sidaoui had a carefree childhood. But civil war forced him and his family to flee their hometown in 1982, the first in a series of moves that would ultimately separate him from his parents, brother and sisters.
He arrived in Montreal at the age of 30 and has made the city his home. A decade later, Sidaoui pauses to reflect. His precious family photos, carefully kept in a shoebox, bring forth a flood of memories--of family, landscapes, music and war.
Sidaoui's father, who found refuge in Mexico, remains a constant inspiration. Through his father's journals, poems and letters, Pierre rediscovers the joyful and profound nature of the man who raised him.
A Scent of Mint is a touching meditation on the pursuit of happiness and the immigrant experience. Shot in Montreal, the film's images draw an unlikely parallel between a Lebanese village and a Canadian metropolis. The relationship between the two places reminds us that no matter what happens, our true home lives within ourselves.
He arrived in Montreal at the age of 30 and has made the city his home. A decade later, Sidaoui pauses to reflect. His precious family photos, carefully kept in a shoebox, bring forth a flood of memories--of family, landscapes, music and war.
Sidaoui's father, who found refuge in Mexico, remains a constant inspiration. Through his father's journals, poems and letters, Pierre rediscovers the joyful and profound nature of the man who raised him.
A Scent of Mint is a touching meditation on the pursuit of happiness and the immigrant experience. Shot in Montreal, the film's images draw an unlikely parallel between a Lebanese village and a Canadian metropolis. The relationship between the two places reminds us that no matter what happens, our true home lives within ourselves.