The Snow Has Melted on the Manicouagan

Directed by Arthur Lamothe

With Margot Campbell, Monique Miller, Gilles Vigneault, Jean Doyon and Guy-Laval Fortier

An atmospheric mood piece photographed in the winter at the giant dam built by Hydro Quebec in the northern wilds of the province. The story concerns a worker's wife, who is bored with her dreary existence in the wilderness. She walks around in the snow recalling how she met her husband, then goes to the landing field to catch a departing plane. But she remains when her husband tells her how much his work means to him. This moving and very humanistic tale represents the NFB at its best.