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Le festin des morts
19651 h 19 min 13 secFilm: Fiction, Feature-length fiction
Direction: Fernand Dansereau
Production: André Belleau
Script: Alex Pelletier
En 1638, dans le pays des Hurons, des missionnaires jésuites sont menacés d'une condamnation à mort. Pendant la nuit, le plus jeune d'entre eux s'interroge avec angoisse sur sa vocation et son action. Inspiré des Relations des Jésuites.
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Subject categories
- Religion, Beliefs and Ethics > Catholic ChurchChristian MissionsHistorical PerspectivesIndigenous Peoples and Christianity
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > HistoryLifestylesQuébec and OntarioReligion and Spirituality
- History - Canada - Pre-1867 > Immigration and SettlementNew France 1600-1760OntarioRelations between Indigenous Peoples and Europeans
- History > Early Canadian Exploration (1600s-1800s)
- Ethics and Religious Culture > Religious Diversity/Heritage
- History and Citizenship Education > Society in New France (1608-1760)
Credits
- director
- Fernand Dansereau
- editing
- Fernand Dansereau
- producer
- André Belleau
- script
- Alex Pelletier
- photography
- Georges Dufaux
- sound
- Marcel Carrière
- sound editing
- Pierre Bernier
- sound mixer
- Ron Alexander
- Roger Lamoureux
- narration
- Hubert Loiselle
- costumes
- François Barbeau
- music
- Maurice Blackburn
- sets
- Claude Sabourin
- cast
- Alain Cuny
- Jean-Guy Sabourin
- Jacques Godin
- Jacques Kasma
- Ginette Letondal
- Yves Létourneau
- Monique Mercure
- Albert Millaire
- Jean-Louis Millette
- Marcel Sabourin
- Janine Sutto
- Maurice Tremblay
- François Guillier
- Jean Perraud
Awards
- Best Black and White Cinematography awarded to Georges DufauxGenie Awards
- Best Feature FilmGenie Awards