
Harmonium in California
Documentary · Music
Overview
Through concerts and interviews, folk-progressive group Harmonium takes Quebec culture to California. This documentary full of colour and sound, filmed in California in 1978, recounts the ups and downs of the journey of the Quebec musical group Harmonium, who came to feel the pulse of Americans and see if culture, their culture, can succeed in crossing borders.
Top Cast


Jean-Marie Lemieux
Jean-Marie Lemieux
Narrator (voice)
Jean-Marie Lemieux
Narrator (voice)
Paul Dupont-Hébert
Paul Dupont-Hébert
Self (manager)
Paul Dupont-Hébert
Self (manager)
Denis Farmer
Denis Farmer
Self (percussion)
Denis Farmer
Self (percussion)
Monique Fauteux
Monique Fauteux
Self (vocals, keyboard)
Monique Fauteux
Self (vocals, keyboard)


Serge Fiori
Serge Fiori
Self (vocals, guitar)
Serge Fiori
Self (vocals, guitar)
Jeffrey Fisher
Jeffrey Fisher
Self (keyboard)
Jeffrey Fisher
Self (keyboard)


René Lévesque
René Lévesque
Self
René Lévesque
Self
Libert Subirana
Libert Subirana
Self (winds, vocals)
Libert Subirana
Self (winds, vocals)
Louis Valois
Louis Valois
Self (bass, vocals)
Louis Valois
Self (bass, vocals)
Robert Stanley
Robert Stanley
Self (guitar)
Robert Stanley
Self (guitar)
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