This historical drama features the first winter spent in Canada by a family of Irish immigrants deep in the Ottawa Valley. The year is 1830. Because the father is working in a logging camp, the mother has sole charge of the family. Sickness overtakes her, and she dies. The children are left on their own to survive. The film graphically illustrates the enormous hardships endured by the first settlers who had to cope with a climate with which they were unfamiliar. A beautiful, moving film.
This historical drama features the first winter spent in Canada by a family of Irish immigrants deep in the Ottawa Valley. The year is 1830. Because the father is working in a logging camp, the mother has sole charge of the family. Sickness overtakes her, and she dies. The children are left on their own to survive. The film graphically illustrates the enormous hardships endured by the first settlers who had to cope with a climate with which they were unfamiliar. A beautiful, moving film.
Âge 10 à 15 ans
Histoire - Début de la colonisation/Peuplement
Histoire et éducation à la citoyenneté - Luttes dans la colonie britannique (1791-1850)
Histoire et éducation à la citoyenneté - Population et peuplement (1608 à nos jours)
Économie domestique/Étude de la famille - Vieillissement/Mort et agonie