1972 Canadian film
The Rebels French Quelques arpents de neige
Directed by Denis Héroux Screenplay by Gilles ÉlieMarcel Lefebvre Produced by Claude Héroux Starring Daniel Pilon Jean Duceppe Cinematography Bernard Chentrier Edited by Mélanie Gelman Music by François Cousineau Production
Cinévidéo
Distributed by Les Films Mutuels Release date
Running time
95 minutes Country Canada Language French
The Rebels French : Quelques arpents de neige ) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Denis Héroux and released in 1972.[ 1] Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837, the film centres on the romance between Simon de Bellefeuille (Daniel Pilon ), a rebel in the village of Saint-Benoît, and Julie Lambert (Christine Olivier).[ 2]
The film's cast also includes Mylène Demongeot , Jean Duceppe , Frédéric de Pasquale , Daniel Gadouas, Roland Chenail, Rose-Rey Duzil, Gérard Poirier , Yvan Ducharme , Jacques Desrosiers , Jean Coutu , Bertrand Gagnon, José Descombes, Barry Baldaro, Dave Broadfoot , Jacques Famery and Jacques Thisdale.
The French title comes from Voltaire 's infamous dismissal of New France as "a few acres of snow (quelques arpents de neige )".[ 3]
The film was entered into the Best Motion Picture competition at the 24th Canadian Film Awards .[ 4]
References
^ Gerald Pratley , A Century of Canadian Cinema . Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5 . p. 175.^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Quelques arpents de neige – Film de Denis Héroux" . Films du Québec , April 20, 2009.
^ Martin Malina, "Héroux film naive in its anti-English bias" . Montreal Star
^ Les Wedman, "Etrog our Oscar" . Vancouver Sun
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