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synopsis In this film adapted from Trevor Ferguson's eponym novel, the year is 1964. Martin Bishop is 18. His recently deceased father has left him a good education and high moral principles. The bank has seized the family farm. Martin lands a job as a timekeeper on a Northwest Territories railway construction site. Under the watchful eye of a tyrannical foreman, the crew has 52 days to lay 52 miles of track, a lucrative endeavour it turns out. In this remote camp from where there is no escape, corruption is a way of life. The workers - a bunch of rag-tag idiots and thieves selected precisely for their defects - dare not complain. All but Martin, who will discover the not so clear-cut boundaries between good and evil. director For the past twenty years, Louis Bélanger has been working with La Coop Vidéo de Montréal where he has made commissioned short films and contributed to documentaries, screenplays and feature film shootings. In 1998, he wrote and directed 'Post Mortem', his first feature film which has won numerous prizes around the world. In 2001, he co-directed with Isabelle Hébert 'Lauzon Lauzone', a documentary about filmmaker Jean-Claude Lauzon's life. In 2002, he directed 'Gaz Bar Blues', which won 3 prizes at the Festival des films du monde de Montréal. 'Le génie du crime', an adaptation of the play, Criminal Genius, by George F. Walker, was released in the fall of 2006. Louis is currently working in collaboration with Alexis Martin on his next feature entitled 'Demande à ceux qui restent' which should be shot this summer. Director's IMDb Page filmography - The Timekeeper, 2009 - Le génie du crime, 2006 - Gaz Bar Blues, 2003 - Lauzon Lauzone, 2000 - Post Mortem, 1999 notes Director Louis Bélanger will be available for Q&A after the screening. related links
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