''The Snow Has Melted on the Manicouagan'' (french: La neige a fondu sur la Manicouagan) is a Canadian dramatic docufiction film, directed by

Arthur Lamothe Arthur Lamothe, (December 7, 1928 – September 18, 2013) was a French-Canadian film director and film producer. Biography Born in Saint-Mont, France, Lamothe immigrated to Canada in 1953 and immediately got a job as a lumberjack in the Abitib ...

and released in 1965.

Gerald Pratley Gerald Arthur Pratley (September 3, 1923 – March 14, 2011) was a Canadian film critic and historian.Piers Handling"Gerald Arthur Pratley" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', September 18, 2011. A longtime film critic for the Canadian Broadcasting Corp ...

, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 201. The film stars

Monique Miller Monique Miller, (born 9 December 1933) is a French Canadian actress. She is known for her live theatre performances, and also performs in films and on television. She is the sister of actress Louise Remy. Career In 1951 Miller performed in the ...

as a woman who is torn between the love of her husband (Jean Doyon) and her desire to escape the dreariness and tedium of their isolated life in rural northern

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

where he works as a maintenance engineer on the Daniel-Johnson Dam. The cast also includes Margot Campbell and singer-songwriter

Gilles Vigneault Gilles Vigneault (; born 27 October 1928) is a Canadian poet, publisher, singer-songwriter, and Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist. Two of his songs are considered by many to be Quebec's unofficial anthems: " Mon pays" and " Gens du pays", ...

in supporting roles. The film is historically most noted for "

Mon Pays "Mon pays" ("My Country", or "My Homeland", in English) is a song composed by Quebec singer-songwriter Gilles Vigneault in 1964.Suzanne Thomas, Stephen C. Willis and Hélène Plouffe"Mon Pays" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', November 20, 2011. T ...

", Vigneault's most famous song and a classic of

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, which was introduced as the film's theme song.Suzanne Thomas, Stephen C. Willis and Hélène Plouffe
"Mon Pays"
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The Canadian Encyclopedia ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' (TCE; french: L'Encyclopédie canadienne) is the national encyclopedia of Canada, published online by the Toronto-based historical organization Historica Canada, with the support of Canadian Heritage. Available fo ...

'', November 20, 2011. The film premiered at the 1965

Montreal International Film Festival The Montreal International Film Festival was an annual Canadian film festival, which took place in Montreal, Quebec from 1960 to 1967.

."Productions premiere at festival"
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'', August 6, 1965.

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* 1965 films 1965 drama films Canadian docufiction films Canadian drama films Films directed by Arthur Lamothe Films set in Quebec Films shot in Quebec 1960s French-language films French-language Canadian films National Film Board of Canada films 1960s Canadian films {{1960s-Canada-film-stub