The film examines life in the Maurice Duplessis-era Asbestos region of rural Québec prior to the Asbestos Strike of the late 1940s.
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On July 8, 2008, The Criterion Collection released a special 2-disc collector's edition of the film.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry | Mon | Antoine Watteau | Antoine de Caunes | Antoine Brumel | Mon people | Antoine Walker | Antoine Lavoisier | Marc-Antoine Charpentier | Antoine-Louis Barye | Marc Antoine | Louis Antoine de Bougainville | Antoine, Duke of Lorraine | Antoine Bourdelle | Antoine | Mon Repos | Mon language | Jacques Antoine | C'mon Everybody | Antoine Guichenot | Antoine Grumbach | Mon ami m'a quittée | Hoots Mon! (1940 film) | Hoots Mon! | François-Antoine Devaux | Fernando Mon | Édouard-Louis-Antoine-Charles Juchereau Duchesnay | Charles Antoine Lemaire | Antoine-Vincent Arnault | Antoine Predock |
In 1971 he won an Etrog from the Canadian Film Awards for best performance by lead actor for his role in the film Mon oncle Antoine.