The True Nature of Bernadette | |
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French | La Vraie Nature de Bernadette |
Directed by | Gilles Carle |
Written by | Gilles Carle |
Produced by | Gilles Carle Pierre Lamy |
Starring | Micheline Lanctôt |
Cinematography | René Verzier |
Edited by | Gilles Carle Susan Kay |
Music by | Pierre F. Brault |
Release date |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
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 Best Director, Actress (Micheline Lanctôt), Supporting Actor (Donald Pilon) and Musical Score.
A Montreal housewife leaves her husband and comfortable home in order to practice vegetarianism and free love, which she finds in a Quebec farm.
The film was shot from 18 October to 29 November 1971. [4]
The True Nature of Bernadette and A Fan's Notes were the first privately-funded Canadian films shown at the Cannes Film Festival. [5] The film was theatrically released on 6 May 1972, in Montreal. [4] The film was seen by 282,992 people in France. [6]