Blue Winter () is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by André Blanchard and released in 1979.Gilles Marsolais, "Les Mots de la tribu". Cinémas : Revue d'études cinématographiques Vol. 4, Iss. 2 (Winter 1994): 133-150,188. Using a cast of non-professional actors, the film centres on Christiane (Christiane Lévesque) and Nicole (Nicole Scant), two young adult sisters trying to establish themselves in the economically struggling city of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec."Hiver bleu, L’ – Film d’André Blanchard". Films du Québec, January 30, 2009.
The film won the Prix de la critique québécoise in 1979.
It was later screened at the 1984 Festival of Festivals, as part of Front & Centre, a special retrospective program of artistically and culturally significant films from throughout the history of Canadian cinema.Carole Corbeil, "The stars are coming out for Toronto's film festival". The Globe and Mail, September 6, 1984.
Plot Two young women leave their small hometown in Abitibi-Témiscamingue. The younger one finds a job in a restaurant in Rouyn, hoping to quickly earn enough to travel to South America. The older one increasingly neglects the studies she had planned to pursue at Cégep and discovers the realities of working-class life and socialist ideals. One will leave, and the other will stay.
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