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The Ballad of Hard Times

9.019831h 30mMovieDocumentary

Using archival films, popular songs of the time and testimonials, evocation of the economic crisis of the 1930s as experienced by the people of Quebec

DirectorsPascal Gélinas·Richard Boutet

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