This playful documentary by Nicolas Paquet and Tom Jacques stages the monumental dance of the peat vacuum harvester, a gigantic industrial machine conceived in Rivière-du-Loup. Scored by a dramatic soundtrack composed with invented instruments, workers are busy forming large mounds, which are seen in all their aesthetic splendor through the eyes of the two creators. A nod to the NFB film De la tourbe et du restant, shot in the peat bogs of the Bas-Saint-Laurent during the 1970s.
A creative challenge bringing together filmmakers and sound artists, presented by the 5 Shorts Project : Bas-Saint-Laurent.
A film by
TOM JACQUES
NICOLAS PAQUET
Producers
NATHALIE CLOUTIER
COLETTE LOUMÈDE
NFB
VALÉRIE MONGRAIN
PARALOEIL
Project Manager
NICOLE HUBERT
Cinematographer
DAN POPA
Drone Operators
SIMON CROZ
ANATOLE PLANTEUR
Editing
MICHEL GIROUX
Sound Design
BENOÎT DAME
TOM JACQUES
Music
TOM JACQUES
Sound Recording
CATHERINE VAN DER DONCKT
Technical Support – Editing
PIERRE DUPONT
PATRICK TRAHAN
MARIE-JOSÉE GOURDE
Infographics
JACQUES BERTRAND SIMARD
Online Editing
YANNICK CARRIER
Re-Recording
GEOFFREY MITCHELL
Special thanks to
PREMIER TECH
CHRISTIAN JACQUES
MARIO DUBÉ
Paraloeil Team
SANDRINE BERGER
JEAN-PHILIPPE CATELLIER
ÉMILE CYR-PERREAULT
Administrator
SIA KOUKOULAS
Production Coordinators
CORALIE DUMOULIN
JOËLLE LAPOINTE
Studio Coordinators
GABRIELLE DUPONT
PASCALE SAVOIE-BRIDEAU
Technical Coordinator
MIRA MAILHOT
Line Producer
MÉLANIE LASNIER
Executive Producer
NATHALIE CLOUTIER
Produced by
THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA AND PARALOEIL