The Necessities of Life (2008)
2008 · 1h 42m · Drama
Genres: Drama
In 1952, an Inuit hunter named Tivii with tuberculosis leaves his northern home and family to go recuperate at a sanatorium in Quebec City. Uprooted, far from his loved ones, unable to speak French and faced with a completely alien world, he becomes despondent.
Director: Benoît Pilon
Writers: Bernard Émond
Music by: Robert Marcel Lepage
Editor: Richard Comeau
Cast
Natar Ungalaaq as TiiviiÉveline Gélinas as CarolePaul-André Brasseur as KakiLouise Marleau as Soeur LuceGuy Thauvette as Dr. MontpetitAntoine Bertrand as RogerVincent-Guillaume Otis as JosephDenis Bernard as Père MillaireLuc Proulx as L'horlogerMiali Buscemi as QupanuaqAnn-Sophie Archer as Infirmière de jourAlexandre Thériault as Patient jalouxMore like this
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