Denys Arcand made a parks promo and accidentally invented the thirst trap travel ad.
1966 PARCS ATLANTIQUES Best Short Film Award, UNESCO, Brussels, 1967 An exploration of three of Canada's national parks: Fundy, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton Highlands, all on the Atlantic coast, where, by filmmaker's licence, boy meets girl, marries and has a family, all while enjoying the parks' many facilities for campers. Even the girl's little white car, which leads us to the parks at the outset, seems to run on the pure air and the anticipation of fresh adventures around every turn. - NFB
Direction
Arcand's deadpan camp: Parks Canada as romantic comedy auteur.
Cinematography
East Coast vistas shot like the girl's car is flirting with scenery.
Production
UNESCO award-winning bureaucratic fever dream, somehow.
Director
Denys Arcand
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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