The True Nature of Bernadette
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The True Nature of Bernadette is a 1972 Canadian drama film
directed by Gilles Carle. It was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival
. 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.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Gilles Carle. It was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival
1972 Cannes Film Festival
- Jury :*Joseph Losey *Bibi Andersson *Georges Auric *Erskine Caldwell *Mark Donskoi *Miloš Forman *Giorgio Papi *Jean Rochereau *Alain Tanner...
. The film was also selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 45th Academy Awards
45th Academy Awards
The 45th Academy Awards were presented March 27, 1973 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston, and Rock Hudson....
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Cast
- Micheline LanctôtMicheline LanctôtMicheline Lanctôt is an actress, film director, screenwriter, and musician.-Biography:Lanctôt's post-secondary education was in music, fine arts and theatre at Collège Jésus-Marie in Outremont, and in art history before switching to film animation, which she...
- Bernadette - Donald Pilon - Thomas
- Reynald Bouchard - Rock
- Robert Rivard - Felicien, le maire
- Willie Lamothe - Antoine, le postier
- Maurice Beaupré - Octave
- Ernest Guimond - Moise
- Julien Lippé - Auguste
- Claudette Delorimier - Madeleine
- Pierre Valcour - Courchesne
- Yvon BarretteYvon BarretteYvon Barrette is a Canadian actor who grew up in Alma, Quebec. He trained at the National Theater School of Canada but left in 1969 before graduation due to disagreement over the notion of creation the School had toward Quebec theater, along with fellow classmates Pierre Curzi, Paule Baillargeon...
- St-Luc - Yves Allaire - St-Marc
- Yannick Therrien - Yannick
- Gilles Lajoie - Napoleon
See also
- List of submissions to the 45th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Canadian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film