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Let the Daylight Into the Swamp (2012)

37m

Running Time

September 1, 2012
Release Date

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Let the Daylight Into the Swamp (2012)

Name: Let the Daylight Into the Swamp
Genre: Drama
Released: 2012-09-01

37m

Running Time

September 1, 2012
Release Date

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Plot.

Filmmaker Jeffrey St. Jules reconstructs the story of his grandparents and their rugged frontier life in the logging towns of Northern Ontario. It is a genre twisting reflection on a fractured family history, which St. Jules infuses with myth and fact, joy and heartbreak.

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Cast & Crew.

Colombe Demers

Helene

Diana Leblanc

Helene 75

Sean McCann

Old Donal

Noah Ryan Scott

Intrepid Boy

Pierre Simpson

Donal St. Jules

Jeffrey St. Jules

Director / Writer

Matthew Rankin

Narrator

Alexander Engel

Edmond St. Judes

Sal Scozzari

Guy Aveline

Anita Lee

Producer

Darren Fung

Composer

John M. Tran

Cinematographer

Lawrence Jackman

Editor

Stephen Philipson

Editor

John Buchan

CastingDirector

Jason Knight

CastingDirector

Andrew Berry

ProductionDesigner

Details.

Release Date
September 1, 2012

Status
Released

Running Time
37m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-03-14

Wiki.

Let the Daylight Into the Swamp is a 2012 Canadian short docudrama film, directed by Jeffrey St. Jules. Exploring the breakup of his grandparents Donal and Hélène soon after his father's birth, the film is narrated by Matthew Rankin, and dramatizes the original events as acted by a cast that includes Pierre Simpson and Colombe Demers as his grandparents in their youth, and Sean McCann and Diana Leblanc as his grandparents in older age.

The film premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. It was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Short Documentary at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013, and won the Golden Sheaf Award - Best of Festival and Best Experimental at the Yorkton Film Festival.