{"id":23620,"date":"2016-12-22T20:36:32","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T01:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=23620"},"modified":"2016-12-22T20:36:58","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T01:36:58","slug":"chasse-galerie-la-legende-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/22\/chasse-galerie-la-legende-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Chasse-Galerie La L\u00e9gende (2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>La Chasse-Galerie, or the Flying Canoe (aka The Bewitched Canoe) is a well-known legend from Qu\u00e9bec about a group of travelers making a deal with the devil to get home.\u00a0 In this cinematic version of it set in 1863, a group of men travelling home are slowed down by a snow storm.\u00a0 After they request help, the devil gives them a flying canoe to take them home but with some conditions that come with harsh punishment if not followed.\u00a0 After one of them cheats the devil, vengeance is taken on his descendant 25 years later.<\/p>\n

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In this film written by Guillaume Vigneault and directed by Jean-Philippe Duval, the devil bids his time until his time comes to work hard to take his cheater\u2019s daughter\u2019s happiness from her.\u00a0 The way the story is written makes it all about the characters and just a touch about the legend.\u00a0 Of course, the legend being the opener and coming back later, it is important to the story, but the film is more about people and what some are willing to do, good or bad, for love while some are ready to go for to be successful in other fields.\u00a0 The film explores this and also how society worked in the late 1800s Qu\u00e9bec which in and of itself is interesting.\u00a0 The way this is all written makes it entertaining and easy to watch.\u00a0 This thriller may very well teach a few people a thing or two about history without them feeling like that\u2019s what\u2019s happening.<\/p>\n

The cast of Chasse-Galerie is led by Francis Ducharme as Jos Lebel, Caroline Dhavernas as Liza Gilbert, Fran\u00e7ois Papineau as Jack Murphy, and Vincent-Guillaume Otis as Romain Boisjoli.\u00a0 These are just a few of a wide cast and they play the 4 main characters with conviction and talent.\u00a0 Caroline Dhavernas has possibly the most interesting character along with Francis Ducharme.\u00a0 Their characters\u2019 interactions are realistic for their time period and their desires and hopes are something that still resonates to this day.\u00a0 Their performances are the shining ones in the group and their lead gives the ton to the film.\u00a0 Being the two characters with the most screen time, their presence and chemistry is important it works.\u00a0 The rest of the cast is also quite good, with none of them sticking out with a bad performance which creates a strong ensemble.<\/p>\n

Chasse-Galerie being a period piece, the acting and way of speaking had to be appropriate for their time period and location, which is something that was clearly paid attention to.\u00a0 Also done with a high attention to detail is the art direction which leads into the costumes and d\u00e9cor being on point.\u00a0 The art direction by Sylvain Dion pays attention to every detail of the film, from the settings to the sets while the costumes add to the settings with being historically accurate and conscious of the location and how far from the city the bulk of the film takes place.\u00a0 These with make-up and hair create an immersive environment almost where the viewer can really feel like they are there.\u00a0 The fact that the outdoors scenes were shot in actual winter makes them feel cold when the characters\u2019 breaths show.\u00a0 This film looks and feel like it was properly planned, if that makes sense, while also feeling like just having been dropped in late 1800s Qu\u00e9bec based on what this reviewer has learned in history class and history of fashion class.<\/p>\n

The film mixes this authentic feel with an old-school Canadian legend to create a story that is interesting and keeps the attention.\u00a0 A lot of this has to do with the delivery and how the denouement brings things together.\u00a0 The film has talented acting, great settings and costumes, good pace, and is easy to watch even for those completely unfamiliar with the legend.\u00a0 Those familiar with the legend will understand what is going on a bit faster but it will not take away from their enjoyment.\u00a0 The legend of the flying canoe is explored in a manner that respects its spirit and connects it to the characters and to the viewers while doing so.\u00a0 The attention to detail here is something that is worth mentioning more than once as it adds a lot to the film and the story.\u00a0 It\u2019s an easy watch that is set at the Holiday season for most of its runtime, so perfect for a cold December night watch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

La Chasse-Galerie, or the Flying Canoe (aka The Bewitched Canoe) is a well-known legend from Qu\u00e9bec about a group of travelers making a deal with the devil to get home.\u00a0 In this cinematic version of it set in 1863, a group of men travelling home are slowed down by a snow storm.\u00a0 After they request […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[111,367,703,1013,1087],"class_list":["post-23620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-arthouse","tag-foreign","tag-mystery","tag-suspense","tag-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23622,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23620\/revisions\/23622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}