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Uniquely Viola

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Eighty-five-year-old Viola Léger has been embodying La Sagouine, the famous character from Antonine Maillet's eponymous 1971 play, for over 40 years. Filmmaker Rodolphe Caron follows the veteran Acadian actress as she prepares for a new series of performances, inviting her to talk about her long and successful career.

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Title

Uniquely Viola

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Authors

Caron, Rodolphe
Gautreau, Jac
Chapdelaine, Maryse
Desjardins, Dominic
National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)

Subjects

Leger, Viola, 1929---Biography.
SagouineLéger, ViolaMemories
Documentary films.

Language

English

Published

Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2016.

Publication Desc

1 streaming video (75 min., 32 sec.) : sound.

Series

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General Note

Agency:.Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in collaboration with Radio-Canada.
Agency - French program:.Canadian Francophonie Studio.

Credit Note

Research, Rodolphe Caron ; writer, Rodolphe Caron ; director, Rodolphe Caron ; camera, Mario Paulin, Rodolphe Caron ; location sound, Serge Arseneault, Rodolphe Caron ; picture editing, Julien Cadieux ; original music, Claude Fournier ; sound editing, Paul Goguen ; sound mixing, Serge Boivin ; foley, Lise Wedlock ; research, Francine Hébert ; producer, Jac Gautreau, Maryse Chapdelaine ; executive producer, Dominic Desjardins.

Performer Note

Participant, Viola Léger, Antonine Maillet, Pierre Boudreau, Eugène Gallant, Jean Chrétien, Aline Chrétien, Jean Lapointe, Paul Marcel Albert, Raymond Guy LeBlanc, Adrien Clavet, Sylvie Dufour, Pauline Pelletier, Philippe Beaulieu, Alain Tanguay, Lorraine Bourque, Huberte Gautreau, Yolande Castonguay-LeBlanc, Corinne Gallant, Lauraine Léger, Lorraine LeBlanc, Florine Després, Lilianne Léger-Maples, Doris Léger, Irène Léger, Eugène Léger, Laurie Léger, Agnès Léger.

Time of Event Note

Recorded 2016.

Summary

Eighty-five-year-old Viola Léger has been embodying La Sagouine, the famous character from Antonine Maillet's eponymous 1971 play, for over 40 years. Filmmaker Rodolphe Caron follows the veteran Acadian actress as she prepares for a new series of performances, inviting her to talk about her long and successful career.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Source of Description Note (R)

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