Mission of Fear
FrenchAstataïon, ou Le Festin des morts
Directed byFernand Dansereau
Written byAlec Pelletier
Produced byAndré Belleau
StarringAlain Cuny
CinematographyGeorges Dufaux
Edited byFernand Dansereau
Music byMaurice Blackburn
Distributed byNational Film Board
Release date
  • May 20, 1965 (1965-05-20)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Mission of Fear (French: Astataïon, ou Le Festin des morts) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Fernand Dansereau and released in 1965.[1]

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.[2] 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 the award for Best Feature Film at the Canadian Film Awards in 1966.[3]

The film was one of the first times that bare breasts were shown on television with its airing by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1965.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 145.
  2. ↑ "Astataïon, ou Le Festin des morts". Mémoire du cinéma québécois (canoe.ca).
  3. ↑ Canadian Film Awards at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  4. ↑ Marshall 2001, p. 247.

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