IRVIN BLAIS, LA VOIX DU PEUPLE
After a career as a carpenter, Irvin Blais decides to give up everything and devote himself to his singing career. Today, he is one of the artists who attracts the biggest crowds and sells the most albums in Quebec even though he has no agent and is not distributed by any record company. Irvin Blais : La Voix du Peuple is a fascinating incursion into the world of this man who sings what the majority of the population thinks at the bottom of his voice: the loss of ‘old time’ values, the fear of multiculturalism, the feeling of being despised by the elites and politicians… A frontal and uncompromising look, under a country music background, at the silent majority that has found in Irvin Blais a charismatic and prophetic spokesman
Broadcaster: CANAL D
Presented at the International Film Festival in Abitibi Témiscamingue 2020
IRIS 2021 nomination
Director : Guillaume Sylvestre
Broadcaster: CANAL D
Presented at the International Film Festival in Abitibi Témiscamingue 2020
IRIS 2021 nomination
Director : Guillaume Sylvestre
Genre: Long métrage Documentaire
Format: version longue : 77mins, version courte: 46mins
Producer: Patrick Fauquembergue
Director: Guillaume Sylvestre
Broadcaster: CANAL D
Festivals: Présenté au Festival international du cinéma en Abitibi Témiscamingue 2020
Award Nomination: Iris 2021
Original language: Français
Subtitles: Français
Date:
27 March 2021