Louisiana (1984 film)

Louisiana is a 1984 Franco - Italian - Canadian film directed by Philippe de Broca. The film score was composed by Claude Bolling.

Synopsis[]

The action is located in Louisiana in the mid-nineteenth century. Virginia will fight to get possession of the Bagatelle estate after it was lost during the American Civil War.

Cast[]

• Margot Kidder as Virginia Tregan
• Ian Charleson as Clarence Dandridge
• Andréa Ferréol as Mignette
• Lloyd Bochner as Adrien Damvillier
• Victor Lanoux as Charles de Vigors
• Len Cariou as Oswald
• Hilly Hicks as Brent
• Raymond Pellegrin as Morley
• Ken Pogue as Dr. Murphy
• Akosua Busia as Ivy
• Corinne Marchand as Anne McGregor
• James Bearden as Percy Templeton
• Larry Lewis as Adrien II
• Wayne Best as Major McGregor
• Ron L. Lewis as Pierre Damvillier
• Angus MacInnes as Albert
• Alex Liggett as Adrien II, Child
• Matthew Breeding as Pierre, Child
• Scott Burnelle as Fabian
• Kellie Brasselle as Julie
• Tara Winder as Ivy, Child
• Mark Polley as Adrien McGregor I
• Timothy Patterson as Joe "Little Joe"
• Michael J. Reynolds as General Bank
• Ron Cural as Bradley
• Pat Perkins as Nella
• Becki Davis as Betty Templeton
• Valerian Smith as Theodore

Production[]

Filming location

As an international co-production, the making of Louisiana required an international cast and crew. The Hungarian-born Canadian John Kemeny was responsible for the overall production. The original French director was Jacques Demy who was replaced by Philippe de Broca, also from France,^[1]: 52 assisted by Emmanuel Gust. Financing of the $13 million production included pre-sale to television as a six-hour miniseries (on HBO). Because it was also intended for international theatrical release, two different scripts were used, meaning some characters appearing in the mini-series did not appear in the film.^[1]: 41

The screenplay was by Dominique Fabre, Chuck Israel, John Melson, Étienne Périer, based on the first two novels of Maurice Denuzière's six-volume Louisiane suite, "Louisiane" (1977) and "Fausse-Rivière" (1979).

It was filmed in and around Nottoway Plantation house outside New Orleans. The production was plagued by problems, including a near hurricane which caused delays, and the Mississippi River, which overflowed and destroyed a large outdoor set.^[1]: 51

Production credits[]

References[]

External links[]

• Louisiana at IMDb
• Louisiana on the Ciné-Ressources website (fr)
• Louisiana on Unifrance (fr)