A Hero's Life
La vie d'un héros
Directed byMicheline Lanctôt
Written byMicheline Lanctôt
Produced byRock Demers
StarringMarie Cantin
Gilbert Sicotte
Véronique Le Flaguais
CinematographyThomas Vámos
Edited byGaétan Huot
Music byMilan Kymlicka
Production
companies
Les Productions La Fête Inc.
National Film Board of Canada
Distributed byMalofilm Distribution
Release date
  • August 25, 1994 (1994-08-25) (MWFF)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

A Hero's Life (French: La vie d'un héros) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Micheline Lanctôt and released in 1994.[1] The film stars Marie Cantin as Évelyne Vadeboncoeur, a woman who travels to her hometown to meet Hanibal Heck (Erwin Potitt), a former German prisoner of war who had worked on her family farm during World War II.[1] The film also stars Gilbert Sicotte and Véronique Le Flaguais as Évelyne's parents Bertin and Agathe.[2]

The film was shot in Frelighsburg, Quebec in early 1994.[2]

The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival,[3] and was subsequently screened at the 1994 Toronto International Film Festival.[4]

The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 15th Genie Awards, for Best Overall Sound (Réjean Juteau, Luc Boudrias, Richard Besse, Michel Descombes) and Best Original Score (Milan Kymlicka).[5] It was one of six finalists for the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois's Prix L.-E. Ouimet-Molson in 1995.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Vie d’un héros, La – Film de Micheline Lanctôt". Films du Québec, June 16, 2009.
  2. 1 2 Mario Cloutier, "Tournage : les beaux souvenirs / La Vie d’un héros". Ciné-Bulles 13(3), 1994. pp. 46–49.
  3. ↑ Ray Conlogue, "Montreal competition includes three Canadian films". The Globe and Mail, August 10, 1994.
  4. ↑ Christopher Harris, "Festival to feature Kinsella film". The Globe and Mail, July 27, 1994.
  5. ↑ "The Genie nominees". Kingston Whig-Standard, October 20, 1994.
  6. ↑ John Griffin, "And then there were six; Rendez-Vous du Cinema Quebecois narrows field for top prize". Montreal Gazette, January 25, 1995.


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