Le reel du pendu
57 mins
Feature-length documentary filmed in three locations as far apart as possible: Louisiana, Acadia and Quebec, but where Le reel du pendu is played – a musical piece performed on the violin, harmonica and guitar or the accordion for over two hundred years. Through this improvised music of a death row inmate, the spectator is invited to discover for himself “the sound of the French in America”.
Isom Fontenot
harmonica
Dennis McGhee
violin
S.D Courville
violin
Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin
accordionist
Majorique Duguay
singer
André Savoie
violin
André Gladu
Director
François Séguillon
Producer
Serge Beauchemin
Sound
Joseph Champagne
Sound
Thomas Vamos
Director of Photography
Jean-Pierre Joutel
Sound Mixer
Pierre Lemelin
Editor