La vraie nature de Bernadette (The True Nature of Bernadette)
Subversive and light-hearted, the film pokes fun at Bernadette’s romantic idealism with affectionate humanity.
Director
Gilles Carle
An important figure in the development of Québec cinema, Carle was a prolific filmmaker whose work includes shorts and feature films, documentaries, and television. He made several films with the NFB, including the classic La vie heureuse de Léopold Z. His credits also include Les Plouffe, La Vraie nature de Bernadette and Maria Chapdelaine. An Officer of the Order of Canada, a Grand Officer of the Ordre National du Québec and a Knight in France’s Légion d'honneur, he has received numerous international prizes, Genies, Canadian Film Awards and a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement.
Writer
Gilles Carle
Cast
Micheline Lanctôt, Donald Pilon, Reynald Bouchard
Producer
Pierre Lamy
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French
Canadian Distributor
Equinoxe Films
