01 Jan 1925
Pwllheli Carnival
Weird and wonderful characters entertain the crowds in this summer's day procession at Pwllheli, Gwynedd.
Le soleil a pas d'chance
A feature-length documentary about the famous Quebec Winter Carnival beauty pageant of 1975. Each year, seven beauties are carefully selected: a queen and six duchesses. A dream that many a young girl has cherished and lived... or experienced firsthand. They will have entered a competition marked by several stages. A tailor-made demeanor will have been demanded of them, one that has taken many hours to shape. The overall impression the viewer gets is captivating: the backstage of the Carnival is opened to an honest, yet wonderfully biased, camera.
1975
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