Le reel du pendu

Feature-length documentary filmed in three locations as far apart as possible: Louisiana, Acadia and Quebec, but where Le reel du pendu is played – a musical piece performed on the violin, harmonica and guitar or the accordion for over two hundred years. Through this improvised music of a death row inmate, the spectator is invited to discover for himself “the sound of the French in America”.

Cast

Isom Fontenot harmonica

Dennis McGhee violin

S.D Courville violin

Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin accordionist

Majorique Duguay singer

André Savoie violin

Gilbert Mallet

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