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Luc Proulx at Cinéfranco:

The Necessities of Life (Rated PG)

Original Title: Ce qu'il faut pour vivre

Country of Origin: Quebec (Canada) (2008)
French and Inuktitut with English Subtitles - 102 minutes
Genre: Drama
Distributor: Seville Pictures

Directed by Benoit Pilon

Starring   Natar Ungalaaq, Eveline Gélinas, Paul-André Brasseur, Guy Thauvette, Vincent-Guillaume Otis, Louise Marleau, Antoine Bertrand, Denis Bernard, Luc Proulx

1950s - during the tuberculosis epidemic in the Far North. Tivii, an Inuit hunter, is flown to a Quebec sanatorium to be treated for tuberculosis. Uprooted, far from his loved ones and faced with a completely alien world, he finds himself unable to communicate with anyone.

His nurse, Carole refuses to let him slip away and arranges for a young Inuit named Kaki, to be transferred to his sanatorium. Kaki has experience of both worlds : by sharing his culture with Kaki and opening it up to others, Tivii rediscovers his pride and energy.

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