Inuit hunter Tiivii (Natar Ungalaaq) finds himself in a bit of a pickle in Benoît Pilon's Ce qu'il faut pour vivre (The Necessities of Life), after he's transported away from his family on Baffin Island, where he's lived his entire life, by boat, to a sanatorium in Québec City, having been diagnosed with tuberculosis.
That's a serious transition.
Linguistic factors initially accentuate his sense of isolation until he's introduced to a precocious youngster fluent in both languages.
Kaki (Paul-André Brasseur) enables Tiivii to communicate, share his stories, modestly acculturate, and actively interact.
The film innocently blends differing urban and rural dispositions in a wondrous yet suffocating unexpected encounter with seemingly magical technological and naturalistic attributes whose intricate designs and developments stifle while encouraging Tiivii's desire for exploration.
I loved his first sighting of a tree.
Intercultural relations are helplessly, patiently, curiously, humorously, and communally negotiated, as differing aspects of culturo-linguistic adaptations socialize.
Thought the ending was a bit too tragic.
Seemed like a happy ending film to me.
Thought Tiivii's telephone conversation with his wife was cut off too quickly as well.
Excellent expression of an individual's relationship with the land however.
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