The Mighty River
1993 · 24 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 541 VOTES · DIR. Frédéric Back
Overview
This film illustrates the history of the St. Lawrence river. From prehistoric times on, it has been a magnificent source of life. The film covers the impact of humanity beginning with the careful relationship with the Native Americans. This soon changes with the arrival of Europeans who begin the insatiable exploitation that would led to the river's damage, creating a situation that we must resolve for all our sakes.
Dialogue Timeline — 244 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:30 In the beginning, it lay sleeping.
00:01:03 Overwhelming.
00:02:05 salmon, smelt, halibut, infinite schools of herring and cod...
00:02:57 Plunging to the fathomless depths
00:03:35 offering as it does, its majestic strength.
00:04:39 And so the animals thrive in countless number.
00:05:36 the empire of silk, spices and gold.
00:06:42 and vastly uninhabited.
00:08:05 Walrus are driven inland
00:08:43 On shore, huge cauldrons await the whale carcasses
00:09:29 makes no sense to the First Peoples.
00:10:56 from where millions of furs are shipped to France every year.
00:12:29 and the harpooners rush in
00:13:35 Iayered through the ages by the St. Lawrence.
00:14:49 by taking the City of Quebec.
00:15:58 English and Scottish shipowners make colossal fortunes.
00:17:06 whose flow still echoes the tides of the distant ocean.
00:18:19 The blustering surge of timber
00:19:15 from which all life sprang.
00:20:11 Imposing locks
00:20:59 clogs it with ships, stifles it with cities.
00:21:48 chemicals, concrete.
01:07:05 to seize New France
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed244
Dialogue density10.2 lines / min
First line00:00:30
Final line01:07:05
Production Record
DirectorFrédéric Back
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes541