Summary
The True Nature of Bernadette (French: La Vraie Nature de Bernadette) is a 1972 Canadian drama film directed by Gilles Carle. It was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The film was also selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 45th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2] In 1984 the Toronto International Film Festival ranked the film tenth in the Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time.[3] The film won Canadian Film Awards for Best Director, Actress (Micheline Lanctôt), Supporting Actor (Donald Pilon) and Musical Score.
| The True Nature of Bernadette | |
|---|---|
| French | La Vraie Nature de Bernadette |
| Directed by | Gilles Carle |
| Written by | Gilles Carle |
| Produced by | Gilles Carle Pierre Lamy |
| Starring | Micheline Lanctôt |
| Cinematography | René Verzier |
| Edited by | Gilles Carle Susan Kay |
| Music by | Pierre F. Brault |
Release date |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
Plot edit
A Montreal housewife leaves her husband and comfortable home in order to practice vegetarianism and free love, which she finds in a Quebec farm.
Cast edit
- Micheline Lanctôt as Bernadette
- Donald Pilon as Thomas
- Reynald Bouchard as Rock
- Robert Rivard as Felicien, le maire
- Willie Lamothe as Antoine, le postier
- Maurice Beaupré as Octave
- Ernest Guimond as Moise
- Julien Lippé as Auguste
- Claudette Delorimier as Madeleine
- Pierre Valcour as Courchesne
- Yvon Barrette as St-Luc
- Yves Allaire as St-Marc
- Yannick Therrien as Yannick
- Gilles Lajoie as Napoleon
Production edit
The film was shot from 18 October to 29 November 1971.[4]
Release edit
The True Nature of Bernadette and A Fan's Notes were the first privately-funded Canadian films shown at the Cannes Film Festival.[5] The film was theatrically released on 6 May 1972, in Montreal.[4] The film was seen by 282,992 people in France.[6]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The True Nature of Bernadette". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ^ "Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time Archived 3 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine," The Canadian Encyclopedia, 2012, URL accessed 28 April 2013.
- ^ a b Turner 1987, p. 130-131.
- ^ Spencer 2003, p. 105.
- ^ Marshall 2001, p. 85.
Works cited edit
- Spencer, Michael (2003). Hollywood North: Creating the Canadian Motion Picture Industry. Cantos International Publishing. ISBN 289594007X.
- Turner, D. John, ed. (1987). Canadian Feature Film Index: 1913-1985. Canadian Film Institute. ISBN 0660533642.
- Marshall, Bill (2001). Quebec National Cinema. McGill–Queen's University Press. ISBN 0-7735-2103-8.
External links edit
- The True Nature of Bernadette at IMDb
