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. 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. In 1984 the Toronto International Film Festival ranked the film tenth in the Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time. The film won Canadian Film Awards for Director, Actress (Micheline Lanctôt), Supporting Actor (Donald Pilon) and Musical Score.

Contents

• Plot
• Cast
• References

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

Reynald Bouchard as Rock

Robert Rivard as Felicien, le maire

Willie Lamothe as Antoine, le postier

Maurice Beaupré as Octave

Ernest Guimond as Moise

Julien Lippé as Auguste

Claudette Delorimier as Madeleine

Pierre Valcour as Courchesne

Yvon Barrette as St-Luc

Yves Allaire as St-Marc

Yannick Therrien as Yannick

Gilles Lajoie as Napoleon