Louisiana Story

Name: Louisiana Story
Director: Robert Flaherty
Released: 1948
Duration: 1 h 17 min
Cast: Joseph Boudreaux, Lionel Le Blanc, Mrs E Bienvenu, Frank Hardy, C P Guedry

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1948
Robert Flaherty
77 mins
U

Review

A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Allen Eyles

Documentary director Robert Flaherty (Nanook of the North) went to the bayou country of Louisiana and recruited non-professionals to tell a simple but affecting story of a small boy, whose father ekes out a living by hunting and fishing while oil prospectors set up a floating derrick and sink a well. With sparse dialogue and a notable score by Virgil Thomson, the film has little action other than the boy's fight with an alligator. Flaherty was backed by a major oil company, which must have been delighted by the entirely favourable impression the film gives of the oil drillers and their incursion into such a striking natural habitat.

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Cast

rolenameBoy aka Alexander Napoleon UlyssesJoseph BoudreauxFather aka Jean LaTourLionel Le BlancMotherMrs E BienvenuDriller aka TomFrank HardyHis boilermanC P Guedry

Crew

rolenameDirectorRobert Flaherty

Details

Theatrical distributor

London Films (Internat) Ltd

Languages

English

Formats

Black and white