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Article: Seraphin Charles Biname talks about the enduring appeal of a classic tale from Quebec.(Interview)
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- Take One
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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I "Do you know what's so remarkable about this project?" Charles Biname asks rhetorically one winter morning. "This is the first time I've worked on something that has such incredible resonance. There are people who were directly involved, actors in previous interpretations, who are still alive. I was constantly shifting from the reality that I was creating with my film to that other reality, the one that's true and vibrant for all these other people. It was fascinating."
With Seraphin: Heart of Stone (Seraphin: Un Homme et son peche in French), Biname took upon his shoulders, more or less, the entire weight of Quebec culture. There are few tales so entrenched in ...