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Catalogue Number: NFB525602
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Yves Bisaillon
Directors: Fadel Saleh
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Architecture, Arts, Canadian Literature, Documentary, French, Literature
Language: French
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1999
Running Time: 57:52
Closed Captions: Yes
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L'écureuil noir - DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB525602
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Yves Bisaillon
Directors: Fadel Saleh
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Architecture, Arts, Canadian Literature, Documentary, French, Literature
Language: French
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1999
Running Time: 57:52
Closed Captions: Yes
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You may think you know Ottawa, until you see it transfigured under the loving but provocative gaze of well-known Francophone writer Daniel Poliquin. In his novels, the national capital metamorphoses, like the dreaded rat that supposedly changed into the city's ubiquitous black squirrel in a bid to win our affection. Transporting us into Poliquin's unique world, this surprising film reveals another Ottawa through the dreams and desires of his characters--portrayed by Poliquin himself in scenes playfully recreated from his novels. Alternating reality and fiction, The Black Squirrel deconstructs old myths and invents new legends. In French with English subtitles.