What is the big complaint?

The difficulty in dialogue when a traveller from Ontario knowing very little French, must ask directions, becomes the core of a pleasant little episode in Quebec. Included are several men on the street’s views about the situation in Quebec.

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Credits

production company

ONF | NFB

director

Salvatore Greco

Duration

00:13:13:00

Production places

Canada

Production dates

1969

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

011834

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Quebec (Quebec)

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Communication

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Language and languages

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Oral communication

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Oral communication

Places → Quebec (Quebec)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Canada

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Canada, 1969

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