The story of Rene Simard, aged 13, who visits Japan as a French-Canadian pop singer. Commentary paraphrases his spoken impressions and replies to questions. Includes scenes from the 3rd Tokyo Music Festival where Rene represents Canada and finally wins grand prize. Cameos by Frank Sinatra and Shirley Bassey.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
314194
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → French-Canadians
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Tokyo (Japan)
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Music & Performing Arts → Music festivals
Music & Performing Arts → Popular music
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)