NFB's special programs:.Tremplin 2011 contest. Agency:.Produced by the National Film Board of Canada with the collaboration of Société Radio-Canada. Agency - French program:.Acadia Studio.

Director, Justin Guitard ; researcher, Justin Guitard ; writer, Justin Guitard ; picture editing, Marie Hamelin ; camera, François Vincelette ; consultant, François Vincelette ; location sound, Georges Hannan ; original music, Marc Beaulieu ; sound design, Chris Goguen ; mix re-recording, Chris Goguen ; sound editing, Jonah Haché ; producer, Murielle Rioux-Poirier, Maryse Chapdelaine ; executive producer, Jacques Turgeon.

Participation, Nicole Guitard, Frédérick Guitard, Flavien Guitard.

Recorded 2012.

In Pointe-Verte, a coastal hamlet on the Acadian Peninsula with a dwindling population, ensuring the survival of the general store is a family matter. The parents, now nearing retirement, have held the fort for more than 30 years, but their children dream of different tomorrows. The film's director, who grew up in the family grocery store, chronicles day-to-day life in this meeting place, where all the stages of life hold sway. By turns comical and poignant, the film pays tribute to a family that has remained devoted to its community and maintained a constant, reassuring presence. For the younger generation, less inclined to such a life of good-humoured sacrifice, the future lies elsewhere, even if uprooting themselves brings difficult challenges. This debut film, made for the 2011 Tremplin competition, heralds the arrival of a sensitive, singular new voice among the next generation of documentary filmmakers in Acadia.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

La vague / ACIC-ONF Award for Best Acadian Short Film - with a prize of $5000 in services, 2012 Prix TV5 pour la meilleure œuvre franco-canadienne- assorti d'une bourse de 1500 $, 2013

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