Five men work together in a communal effort to build a skiff on Ile-aux-Coudres, an island in the St. Lawrence River. It is built in a traditional fashion, all the more remarkable because no blueprint is used. The film does not merely record a building tradition, it reveals the character of the craftsmen, who are influenced by a pre-industrial way of life underscored by spontaneity and wit.

• Société Radio-Canada
• ONF | NFB
• Renald Tremblay
• Thomas Tremblay
• Raymond Dufour
• Marc Lajoie
• Alexandre Perron
• Éloi Perron
• Laurent Tremblay
• Léopold Tremblay