In the Shadow of the Wind

In the Shadow of the Wind
In the Shadow of the Wind
	Film poster
Directed by	Yves Simoneau
Written by	Marcel Beaulieu; ; Anne Hébert; Yves Simoneau
Based on	Les fous de Bassan by Anne Hébert
Produced by
Starring	; Charlotte Valandrey; Laure Marsac; Marie Tifo
Cinematography	Alain Dostie
Edited by	Joële Van Effenterre
Release date	1986;
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

In the Shadow of the Wind (French: Les Fous de Bassan) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Yves Simoneau and released in 1986.^[1] It was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.^[2]

Based on the novel by Anne Hébert,^[3] the film depicts a small town in the Gaspésie region of Quebec shaken by a rape and murder in 1936.^[1] The story is depicted from the perspective of Stevens Brown, played by in the 1936 storyline and by Jean-Louis Millette as an old man in the present day reflecting on the events.^[1] The cast also includes Charlotte Valandrey, Laure Marsac, Marie Tifo and Lothaire Bluteau.

The film was originally slated to be directed by Francis Mankiewicz, but he left the production due to a creative dispute with the producers.^[1] The community in Hébert's novel was an Anglo-Quebecer village, but the film's primary expected audience was a francophone audience in Quebec, leading to a dispute about whether to shoot the film in English and then dub it into French or vice versa.^[1]

The film received four Genie Award nominations at the 8th Genie Awards in 1987: Best Supporting Actress (Tifo), Best Art Direction/Production Design (Michel Proulx), Best Cinematography (Alain Dostie) and Best Costume Design ().^[4]

Cast[]

as Stevens Brown
Charlotte Valandrey as Olivia Atkins
Laure Marsac as Nora Atkins
as Maureen
Paul Hébert as Thimothe Brown
Marie Tifo as Irene Jones
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu as Priest
Lothaire Bluteau as Perceval Brown
Guy Thauvette as Patrick Atkins
as Sydney Atkins
as Bob
Jocelyn Bérubé
Jean-Louis Millette as Vieux Stevens

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Les Fous de Bassan: Psychological insights missing; Ambitious Les Fous a mixed success". The Globe and Mail, December 22, 1986.
^ "Berlinale: 1987 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved February 28, 2011.
^ "Quebec's 'enfant terrible' pulls off heist movie". The Globe and Mail, April 4, 1986.
^ "Decline rises to top Genie nominations". Toronto Star, February 5, 1987.

External links[]

In the Shadow of the Wind at IMDb

[insights-1] "Les Fous de Bassan: Psychological insights missing; Ambitious Les Fous a mixed success". The Globe and Mail, December 22, 1986.

[Berlinale-2] "Berlinale: 1987 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved February 28, 2011.

[3] "Quebec's 'enfant terrible' pulls off heist movie". The Globe and Mail, April 4, 1986.

[4] "Decline rises to top Genie nominations". Toronto Star, February 5, 1987.

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