In the Shadow of the Wind

In the Shadow of the Wind
Film poster
Directed by Yves Simoneau
Produced by Justine Héroux
Written by Marcel Beaulieu
Sheldon Chad
Anne Hébert
Yves Simoneau
Based on Les fous de Bassan by Anne Hébert
Starring Steve Banner
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 Steve Banner 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 (Nicole Pelletier).[4]

Cast

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Les Fous de Bassan: Psychological insights missing; Ambitious Les Fous a mixed success". The Globe and Mail, December 22, 1986.
  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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