On est loin du soleil

From a short biography of Frère André, the famous miracle worker of Québec, Jacques Leduc gives life to an assortment of characters, each of which embodies one characteristical aspect of the great mystic, thus marking the intimate bond that unites him to the society which has made possible the phenomenon he represents. A film full of silences, showing us the quiet daily lives of people bathing in secular resignation. —National Film Board of Canada