Agency - French program:.Ontario / West Documentary Studio.

Director, Fadel Saleh ; script, Fadel Saleh ; producer, Yves Bisaillon ; camera, Karl Roeder ; editing, Alan Collins ; original music, Philippe Lapointe ; sound editing, Claude Langlois ; sound, Phil Brouwer, Stephen McCabe ; re-recording, Serge Boivin, Geoffrey Mitchell.

Cast, Daniel Poliquin, Catherine Colvey, Louise Naubert, Lynne Adams, Evangelos Alexiou, Éloi Archambaudoin, Stéphane Aubin, Marcel Aymar, Roch Castonguay, Nikola Delev, Marie-Maude Denis, Chrystiane Drolet, Harry Elton, Lyette Goyette, Hedwige Herbiet, Pierre Huot, Renaud Lacelle-Bourbon, Paul Latreille, Vincent Leclerc, Patrick Louis Leroux, Hypollito Muanza, Lianne Picard-Poirier, Mohammed Rahal, Luc Thériault, Lyn Vaillancourt, Louise Villeneuve.

Recorded 1999.

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.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).