The True Nature of Bernadette

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 Director, Actress (Micheline Lanctôt), Supporting Actor (Donald Pilon) and Musical Score.

The True Nature of Bernadette
Directed byGilles Carle
Produced byGilles Carle
Pierre Lamy
Written byGilles Carle
StarringMicheline Lanctôt
Music byPierre F. Brault
CinematographyRené Verzier
Edited byGilles Carle
Susan Kay
Release date
  • 6 May 1972 (1972-05-06)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Plot

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
  • 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

See also

References
  1. "Festival de Cannes: The True Nature of Bernadette". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
  2. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  3. "Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time Archived 3 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine," The Canadian Encyclopedia, 2012, URL accessed 28 April 2013.


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