Dauphin NFB/kanopy
Tuesday November 7 @ 19:00 - 20:00
Dauphin NFB/Kanopy Film Club
Tuesday, November 7th, 2023 @ 7 PM
Front Lines
2008: 33 Minutes
A tribute to the combatants in the First World War, this film traces the conflict through the war diary and private letters of five Canadian soldiers and a nurse. Hearing them, the listener detects between the lines an unspoken horror censored by war and propriety.
The film mingles war footage, historical photos and readings of excerpts from the diary and letters. The directorial talent of Claude Guilmain breathes life into these 90-year-old documents and accompanying archival images so that we experience the human face and heart of the conflict.
Written & Directed by:
Claude Guilmain