Chasse-Galerie
In 1863 travelers make a pact with the devil for a flying canoe. To save wife and daughter, a man sacrifices himself. 25 years later the devil tries to ruin daughter's engagement to a logger.
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"I had no expectations about this one and had never heard of it before but it was effective, convincing and powerful stuff. The first thing it does well is to display the hardship of the lumberjacks' lives in the cold of Quebec's winter. (There are many false clichés about us Canadians but yes, I am a descendant of lumberjacks as most of us Quebecers are.) The second thing it does best is creating characters, situations and dialogues that make the whole thing a true and resonant experience. Impressive work all around. I don't know what they saw to call it a horror movie though...."
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Based on "La Chasse-galerie", also known as "The Bewitched Canoe" or "The Flying Canoe", a popular French-Canadian tale of voyageurs who make a deal with the devil, a variant of the Wild Hunt. The most famous version of this tale was written by Honoré Beaugrand (1848-1906)and published in The Century Magazine in August 1892.
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In 1863 travelers make a pact with the devil for a flying canoe. To save wife and daughter, a man sacrifices himself. 25 years later the devil tries to ruin daughter's engagement to a logger.