«…The film is composed of warm testimonies, archival material and poignant interviews with Yvon Durelle and his wife Thérèse. You will follow the career of this great champion, still remembered as THE boxing hero of the 1950s. Nicknamed "Doux" by his entourage, despite his daunting physical force, Yvon Durelle is a hero and an inspiration, not only to many Acadians, but to fans the world over who still remember his exploits. A moving film on the life of a generous, sensitive man; a film about boxing, but also about a couple, for Yvon and Thérèse Durelle together faced challenges that went far beyond boxing….» (Reference: NFB.ca, Press release dated November 7, 2003).
Durelle is a French language Canadian film: no English translation is available. The narration is solely in French; Yvon Durelle and his wife Thérèse, including their children, express themselves in their mother tongue, French. However, when some of the participants express themselves in English, such as J’Marie Moore (Archie Moore’s daughter) and her trainer, Miguel Diaz, Eddie St-Pierre, Norman Gautreau, Abe Pervin, there are French subtitles: absolutely no voice dubbing in this production. If you would like to see an English translation of Durelle, please make your interest known to the producers.
For fight collectors, this documentary contains excerpts from many archived fight footage such as Yvon Durelle vs. Archie Moore (1958 & 1959; unreleased camera angles), vs. Tony Anthony (1958), vs. Willy Besmanoff (1957), vs. Mike Holt in Montreal (1958), vs. George Chuvalo in Toronto (1959) and vs. Germinal Ballarin in Montreal (1958). The film includes footage of Yvon Durelle in training and sparring sessions, a post fight interview between Yvon Durelle and Archie Moore (1958; French subtitles) and many more unreleased archive footage.
You may order the Durelle documentary for $19.95 CAN, plus shipping charges, via the National Film Board of Canada boutique at http://www.nfb.ca or by telephone at 1 800 267-7710 (National distribution for Canada only). For inquiries from outside Canada, it is better to use the [email protected] email address. You will find Durelle in the French section of the Canadian buyers catalogue of the National Film Board of Canada.
In any way, I am not associated with, or employed by the producers. If you need more information on this documentary, please contact me at http://www.yvondurelle.com/.
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Robert Richard.
Title: Durelle http://www.onf.ca/durelle/(2003)
Language: French, closed caption available in French, subtitles in French to conversations in English – no voice dubbing (translation not available)
Format: VHS, NTSC (North America viewing)
Duration: 46 min 56 sec.
