This short film is a series of vignettes of life in Saint-Henri, a Montreal working-class district, on the first day of school. From dawn to midnight, we take in the neighbourhood’s pulse: a mother fussing over children, a father's enforced idleness, teenage boys clowning, young lovers dallying - the unposed quality of daily life.
À Saint-Henri le cinq septembre is of 0 hour(s) and 27 minute(s). It is Produced By: ONF | NFB. It was released on 1962-09-05.
Genres: Documentary
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