BELLE-ILE IN ACADIE is a technically perfect documentary. Direction, soundtrack, editing, cinematography, writing, worked together to enrich the preciousness of this great little film made with love. 

And when something is made with love, the audience can feel it.

The story of the journey of a group of families who from Belle Ile, an island of France, flies to Canada to meet their  "from the other side of the ocean" families in search of their roots, not only is a deepening of this specific historical chapter but is also the objective example of a story about forced emigration, a very topical issue.

The emotion of the families involved shows how much the human being is attached to his past, despite having always been an explorer. Roots and past that perhaps serve to fill the gaps of the future, and which represent the only aspect of certainty that distinguishes our existence.

It doesn't matter how many years went by and what circumstances have led to the diaspora of these people. What they will seek and yearn for will be their roots, their land.

And so Acadia (that includes parts of Quebec, New Brunswick, parts of Maine, and Nova Scotia) becomes any region of South America, any region of the Balkans, and any other territory that participated in the birth and formation of an ethnic entity and which then helpless witnessed its kidnapping.

As one of the protagonists of the documentary said, it's already amazing that these families now have the opportunity to return to the place of their origins and celebrate the past together. And this is thanks to all the people that work on organizing this celebration moment that involves families, residents, artists, children, and adults.

This is a further demonstration that commitment is the only way to make the past immortal.

And this documentary is an example of commitment, perfectly succeeded.