The Weight of Farming
The Weight of Farming

The Weight of Farming

The Weight of Farming is a hard-hitting documentary in which Stéphane Gendron, inundated with calls for help from farmers all over the province, takes to the countryside to reveal to the public the heartache afflicting our farmers. He invites us to discover the human faces behind this silent tragedy.

Medium-length film
45 min
Canal D
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The Weight of Farming is a hard-hitting documentary in which Stéphane Gendron, inundated with calls for help from farmers all over the province, takes to the countryside to reveal to the public the heartache afflicting our farmers. He invites us to discover the human faces behind this silent tragedy.

Screenwriting & Director
Éric Blouin
Research, interviews & narrator
Stéphane Gendron
Editing
Rock Laflamme
Production
Karine Dubois & Marie-Pierre Corriveau
Genre
Documentary
Country
Canada
Original version
French
Format
HD
Ratio
16:9
Duration
45 min
Sound
5.1
Year
2020
Trailer
Credits
Screenwriting & Director
Éric Blouin
Research, interviews & narrator
Stéphane Gendron
Editing
Rock Laflamme
Production
Karine Dubois & Marie-Pierre Corriveau
Content advisor & psychologist
Pierrette Desrosiers
With the participation of
Geneviève Manseau, Marco Pouliot, Diane Gosselin & Caroline Tardif
Cinematography
Jérôme Laflamme & Luc St-Louis
Sound engineering
Carl-André Hernandez
Sound design
Jean-Olivier Bégin
Graphic design
Nathalie Dubé
Production management
Catherine Lord
The Weight of Farming was produced with the support of
Rogers documentary fund
Bell Media
CMF
Quebec
Canada