Awards
American Film and Video Festival 1993
Blue RibbonNational Education Film and Video Festival 1993
Silver AppleGemaux Film Festival 1993
Best Documentary
In the small Montreal municipality of Outremont, two very different communities live side by side: Hassidic Jews and their French-Catholic neighbors. Intent on preserving their traditional lifestyle, the Hassidim distance themselves from outsiders. The French Catholics respond to their little-understood neighbors with a mixture of curiosity, frustration, and mistrust. Through evocative personal interviews as well as scenes from daily life, Bonjour Shalom examines the complex dynamics involved in this clash of cultures.
The National Center For Jewish Film
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