The Nightingale and the Bells

The Nightingale and the Bells
FrenchLe Rossignol et les cloches
Directed byRené Delacroix
Written byEugène Cloutier
Louis Morrisset
Joseph Schull
Produced byRichard J. Jarvis
StarringGérard Barbeau
Clément Latour
Nicole Germain
Jean Coutu
CinematographyAkos Farkas
Roger Racine
Edited byAnton Van de Water
Music byAllan McIver
Production
company
Québec Productions
Distributed byFrance Film
Release date
  • February 29, 1952 (1952-02-29)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The Nightingale and the Bells (French: Le rossignol et les cloches) is a Canadian musical comedy-drama film, directed by René Delacroix and released in 1952.[1] Considered an important landmark in the Cinema of Quebec, the film stars Gérard Barbeau as Guy Boyer, a young boy with both a penchant for getting into trouble and an exceptionally good singing voice, who is engaged by the local Roman Catholic priest (Clément Latour) to perform at a concert to raise funds for the church to acquire new bells.[2]

The cast also includes Nicole Germain as Nicole Payette, a concert pianist who is asked to perform at the fundraising concert but is reluctant, and Jean Coutu as René, her impresario boyfriend,[1] as well as Juliette Béliveau, Ovila Légaré, Roger Baulu and Juliette Huot in supporting roles.

The film was shot in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, in 1951,[3] and was released to theatres in early 1952.

References

  1. ^ a b "St. Hyacinthe Main Setting For an Entertaining Story". Montreal Star, March 3, 1952.
  2. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Rossignol et les cloches, Le – Film de René Delacroix". Films du Québec, March 12, 2009.
  3. ^ "En tournant un film à St-Hyacinthe". Le Droit, November 10, 1951.


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