Ask any French Canadian, who tells the funniest stories and he’ll say with a chuckle Yvon Deschamps. Now big box office, Deschamps grew up in Montreal’s inner city, where, he says, mothers didn’t speak, they just hit. Here he is, on and off stage, quipping, haranguing with irreverent wit-the very embodiment of Quebec humour and slant on life.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
014491
Languages
English
French
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → French-Canadians
Crafts & Visual Arts → Portraits
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)