They come in high-powered convertibles, with cameras and curiosity, to look at French Canada and French-Canadians. Their usual objective is Québec City, where they can soak up a bit of French culture without a trip to France. With an eye for humour, VISIT TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY shows the people of Québec taking a look at American tourists who have come to Québec to take a look at them.
Direction
Direct cinema pioneers turn camera back on tourists.
Editing
27 minutes of escalating secondhand embarrassment.
Director
Michel Brault
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the NFB's 'Candid Eye' series that invented Canadian direct cinema. Brault and Jutra basically said 'what if WE were the foreigners?'
The title itself is the joke — Quebec isn't foreign to itself. The 'foreign country' is the perspective.
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