Wild Flowers (1982 film)

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Wild Flowers
French Les fleurs sauvages
Directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre
Written byJean Pierre Lefebvre
Produced by Marguerite Duparc
Starring Marthe Nadeau
Cinematography Guy Dufaux
Release date
  • 26 June 1982 (1982-06-26)
Running time
152 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Wild Flowers (French : Les Fleurs sauvages) is a 1982 Canadian drama film written and directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre. [1] The film won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival [2] and was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. [3]

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  2. "Les Prix du Quebec". prixduquebec. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
  3. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences