The Vultures (1975 film)

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The Vultures
French Les Vautours
Directed by Jean-Claude Labrecque
Written byJean-Claude Labrecque
Jacques Jacob
Robert Gurik
Produced byLouise Ranger
Starring Gilbert Sicotte
Jean Duceppe
Monique Mercure
Cinematography Alain Dostie
Edited byJean-Claude Labrecque
Music byDominique Tremblay
Distributed byCiné-Art
Release date
  • March 3, 1975 (1975-03-03)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The Vultures (French : Les Vautours) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jean-Claude Labrecque and released in 1975. [1] Set in 1958 near the end of the Maurice Duplessis era in Quebec politics, the film centres on Louis Pelletier (Gilbert Sicotte), a young man whose mother has just died, and who is coping with a trio of aunts who are much more interested in what they stand to inherit from their sister's estate than in supporting their nephew. [2]

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Labrecque released a sequel film, The Years of Dreams and Revolt (Les Années de rêves), in 1984. [1]

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