This film highlights the welcome of two Syrian families who find, in the heart of their respective communities in the Portneuf region, a new family.
On March 10, 2020, access to Quebec CHSLDs was prohibited to all relatives and volunteers. This film offers a unique and privileged incursion into the daily life experienced in the heart of the CHSLD in the village of Saint-Casimir.
In this short documentary, massive ships harking from all four corners of the world majestically glide by on the St. Lawrence River as riverside residents watch. But they know nothing of the secrets hidden in these floating leviathans laden with colourful containers - except for a select few who get to briefly join their voyage when they guide the ocean-crossing ships safely into harbour.
Notre-Dame-de-l'Arsenic captures from the inside the unprecedented social movement that Rouyn-Noranda was the scene of in 2022 following public health revelations about abnormally high levels of arsenic in the air.
