Fondations (2019)
• August 30th, 2019 • 0h 0min
Documentary
Overview
Mathieu Collette, a passionate blacksmith, renovates an abandoned heritage building belonging to the City of Montreal to create a blacksmithing school. Sixteen years later, after turning the building into an internationally renowned center for the transmission of living heritage, Mathieu is threatened with eviction for obscure administrative reasons, in the very year of Montreal's 375th anniversary. What could possibly justify putting one of Quebec's last blacksmiths out on the street, as the bearer of an unparalleled social and heritage project? Filmed over several years, this documentary traces Forges de Montréal's fight against the disappearance of a part of our collective memory.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Gun Killers
Released on: 2019-09-23
Documentary
Written and directed by Jason Young (Animals, Inside Time), Gun Killers takes us into the rural, sec...
1/2 Man
Released on: 1986-07-06
Music, Documentary
A visual documentary of Einstürzende Neubauten, the German underground band, by Japanese cult direct...
Stars on Horseback
Released on: 1943-04-23
Documentary
A profile of blacksmith George Garfield, among whose Hollywood clients were the horses of Joel McCre...
Cousin Jules
Released on: 1972-01-01
Documentary
An ode to rural France and the simple joys of life, Dominique Benicheti's glorious masterpiece Cousi...
Every Wrinkle, A Journey
Released on: 2025-08-22
History, Documentary
A retrospective to a bygone era, as seen from 4 centenarian villagers from the Messaria and Menites ...
Gustav J.
Released on: 1973-05-03
Documentary
Portrait of 80 year old Gustav J., born in Lithuania, who became a blacksmith and whose paths of lif...
Blacksmith
Released on: 2018-05-05
Documentary
Blacksmith is a 15-minute poetic documentary that highlights the work of Rob Flurry, the resident bl...
Silversmith of Williamsburg
Released on: 1971-01-01
Documentary, History
The colonial silversmith produced items both functional and beautiful. In this 1971 docudrama, silve...
Kozanoğlu
Released on: 1967-01-02
Drama, History
Hüseyin's father, who is a member of the Kozanoglu tribe, dies when he does not pay the fee requeste...
Ring of the Nibelungs
Released on: 2004-11-19
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, TV Movie
In this swords-and-sorcery tale, good-hearted blacksmith Eyvind hides away infant Prince Siegfried a...
How to Train Your Dragon
Released on: 2010-03-18
Fantasy, Adventure, Animation, Family
As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite...
Ang Panday IV
Released on: 1984-12-25
Action, Fantasy
Fernando Poe, Jr. is back for the fourth time as Panday Flavio to combat evil once more.
Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil
Released on: 2018-03-02
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Basque Country, Spain, 1843. A police constable arrives at a small village in Álava to investigate a...
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Released on: 1949-04-18
Comedy, Fantasy, Music, Romance
A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1905 auto mechanic, to Arthurian England, 528 A.D., where he i...
Blacksmithing Scene
Released on: 1893-05-08
Drama
Three men hammer on an anvil and pass a bottle of beer around. Notable for being the first film in w...
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Released on: 2003-07-09
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
After Port Royal is attacked and pillaged by a mysterious pirate crew, capturing the governor's daug...
The Seventh Seal
Released on: 1957-02-16
Fantasy, Drama
When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country ...
Kingdom of Heaven
Released on: 2005-05-03
Drama, Action, Adventure, History, War
After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody...