The True Nature of Bernadette

The True Nature of Bernadette (French: La Vraie Nature de Bernadette) is a 1972 Canadian drama film directed by Gilles Carle. It was entered into the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] The film was also selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 45th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[2] In 1984 the Toronto International Film Festival ranked the film tenth in the Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time.^[3] The film won Canadian Film Awards for Director, Actress (Micheline Lanctôt), Supporting Actor (Donald Pilon) and Musical Score.

Plot[]

A Montreal housewife leaves her husband and comfortable home in order to practice vegetarianism and free love, which she finds in a Quebec farm.

Cast[]

• Micheline Lanctôt as Bernadette
• Donald Pilon as Thomas
• as Rock
• as Felicien, le maire
• Willie Lamothe as Antoine, le postier
• as Octave
• as Moise
• as Auguste
• as Madeleine
• as Courchesne
• Yvon Barrette as St-Luc
• as St-Marc
• as Yannick
• as Napoleon

See also[]

• List of submissions to the 45th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Canadian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References[]

External links[]

• The True Nature of Bernadette at IMDb

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