Le reel du pendu

Name: Le reel du pendu
Director: André Gladu
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1972-01-01
Duration: 57 min
Cast: Isom Fontenot, Dennis McGhee, S.D Courville, Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin, Majorique Duguay

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1972 · 57 min · Documentary · Music

Overview

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”.

Directed by André Gladu

Cast

Isom Fontenot — harmonica
Dennis McGhee — violin
S.D Courville — violin
Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin — accordionist
Majorique Duguay — singer