H2oil is a documentary about the impact of the extraction of oil from bituminous sands in the province of Alberta on the environment and humans.
In the community of Fort Chipewyan downstream from oil sands extraction sites, the number of cancer patients has drastically augmented in the recent years. The medical doctor of the community has received a warning form Health Canada for unnecessarily alarming people because he raised some concerns about the cancer levels in the town - especially some rare cancers. Dr. Kevin Timoney, who published a study based on governmental data, voices out his concerns too: the Athabasca river's water is highly contaminated with toxic waste from oil… Read more
Mario Benedetti once said that :"Uruguay is the only office of the world that has reached the category of republic!". His novel, The truce, is a good illustration of this sad reality.
The novel is the diary of a bureaucrat: Martin Santomé, a 49 years old widow and father of three children (Esteban, Jaime and Blanca). When Laura Avellaneda, a young woman almost his daughter's age, is hired at the office where Martin works, he falls in love with her. This love transforms the bureaucrat's boring life. Other than his love for Avellaneda, the diary is about Santomé's relationships with his colleagues, his encounters with his only friend Anibal and others from his past,… Read more
Mario Benedetti a dit: "L'Uuruguay est le seul bureau dans le monde qui se soit haussé à la catégorie de république" et son roman La trêve illustre très bien cette triste citation.
La trêve est le journal intime d'un certain Martin Santomé, un veuf de 49 ans et père de trois enfants (Esteban, Jaime et Blanca). Quand Laura Avellaneda, une jeune femme à peine plus âgée que Blanca, est engagée au bureau où Martin travaille, il en tombe amoureux. Cet amour transforme la vie sans relief de bureaucrate que mène Santomé. Outre son amour pour Avellaneda, le journal raconte la vie du bureau de… Read more
