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Initial release 1965 | 5.7/10 IMDb Written by Alec Pelletier Music by Maurice Blackburn Distributed by National Film Board Director Fernand Dansereau Produced by André Belleau | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Similar JA Martin Photographer, À tout prendre, Mon oncle Antoine, Waiting for Caroline, The Legacy |
Mission of Fear (French: Astataïon, ou Le Festin des morts) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Fernand Dansereau and released in 1965.
Based on The Jesuit Relations, the film dramatizes the story of the Canadian Martyrs at the Jesuit mission of Sainte-Marie among the Hurons through the reflections of Jean de Brébeuf (Alain Cuny) as he awaits his death. The cast also includes Jacques Godin, François Guillier, Jacques Kasma, Ginette Letondal, Hubert Loiselle, Yves Létourneau, Monique Mercure, Albert Millaire, Jean-Louis Millette, Jean Perraud, Jean-Guy Sabourin, Marcel Sabourin, Janine Sutto and Maurice Tremblay.
The film won Best Picture at the Canadian Film Awards in 1966.
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