Belizaire the Cajun

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Belizaire the Cajun
Belizaire Der Cajun Filmplakat.jpg
Poster by Matthias Claus
Directed by Glen Pitre
Written by Glen Pitre
Starring Armand Assante
Release date
  • June 13, 1986 (1986-06-13)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,142,243 [1]

Belizaire the Cajun is a 1986 film directed by Glen Pitre and starring Armand Assante. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. [2] [3] [4]

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It chronicles the story[ vague ] of Belizaire Breaux, a village healer ( traiteur ) in Acadiana in 1859, who becomes entangled in a violent conflict between Cajuns and the new Anglophone arrivals to Southwest Louisiana.

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References

  1. "Belizaire the Cajun".
  2. "Festival de Cannes: Belizaire the Cajun". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
  3. Attanasio, Paul (November 21, 1986). "'Belizaire the Cajun'". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
  4. Ebert, Roger (July 18, 1986). "Belizaire The Cajun movie review (1986)". rogerebert.com. Retrieved August 25, 2024.