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
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