The Long Winter (1999 film)

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The Long Winter
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Theatrical release poster
French Quand je serai parti...vous vivrez encore
Directed by Michel Brault [1]
Written byMichel Brault
Produced byAnouk Brault
Claudio Luca [2]
Starring Francis Reddy
David Boutin
Micheline Lanctôt
Claude Gauthier
Cinematography Sylvain Brault [3]
Edited byDaniel Arié [3]
Music by François Dompierre [3]
Release date
  • March 13, 1999 (1999-03-13)
[4]
Running time
126 minutes [4]
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The Long Winter (French : Quand je serai parti... vous vivrez encore) is a 1999 Quebec historical drama film. Directed by Michel Brault, it is a partly fictionalized account of the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837 and 1838 which sought to make Lower Canada, now Quebec, a republic independent from the British Empire. [5]

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Description

It features the fictional character of François-Xavier Bouchard and the factual character of François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier. The music was composed by François Dompierre. Film director Pierre Falardeau says that Telefilm Canada initially used the approval of Brault's film as an excuse to deny funds for the film February 15, 1839 . This incited him to write a second Elvis Gratton film instead. [3]

The main protagonist is Patriote François-Xavier Bouchard. The latter comes back to Lower Canada in the autumn of 1838 after having escaped to the United States (as a number of Patriotes did indeed), after the first uprising, in that year. As soon as he returns, despite the exhortations of his family, he joins François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier for another attempt. Following a hasty trial, Bouchard, Chevalier de Lorimier and others are sentenced to death. [4]

Cast

Comedian Bruno Blanchet shot scenes for the film, but they were cut.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NFB proud distributor of restored version of Les ordres and other works by renowned filmmaker Michel Brault". www.canada.ca. September 24, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "The Long Winter". collection.nfb.ca. Retrieved June 18, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Ramond, Charles-Henri (February 20, 2009). "Quand je serai parti… vous vivrez encore – Film de Michel Brault". Films du Québec (in French). Retrieved June 18, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Mandolini, Carlo. "Quand je serai parti... vous vivrez encore". Mediafilm. Retrieved June 18, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Michel Brault's look at his cinema". Radio-Canada. September 20, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 "The Long Winter". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved June 18, 2025.


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