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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.

The True Nature of Bernadette
French	La Vraie Nature de Bernadette
Directed by	Gilles Carle
Written by	Gilles Carle
Produced by	Gilles Carle Pierre Lamy
Starring	Micheline Lanctôt
Cinematography	René Verzier
Edited by	Gilles Carle Susan Kay
Music by	Pierre F. Brault
Release date	6 May 1972 (1972-05-06)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

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

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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