Klondyke (English translation) [1965]
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Résumé This is an epic dramatization, in twelve scenes, of life in the Yukon at the end of the 19th century. It is the story of the Gold Rush as lived by a group of freedom-loving French Canadians who dream of wide open spaces and quick fortunes. But these dreams soon clash with reality; the harsh climate of the Yukon, and the treachery and rapacity of men caught in a difficult struggle for survival in a world where the only law is that of each man for himself. Extrait « PROSPECTOR 4 : Wherever you look on the snow… animal blood. / PROSPECTOR 5 : So? The snowdrifts are piled high with chopped-up horsemeat. / PROSPECTOR 4 : It makes me vomit. The animals don't know what's happening. / PROSPECTOR 5 : You and your frigging animals… / PROSPECTOR 4 : The dogs' paws are covered in blood. The horses' flanks are torn open from the whips… (He turns to the dying mule.) Look at that mule. Its eyes. As if it was pleading to be finished off. / PROSPECTOR 5 : Let it lie. Come on. » |