The Rebels (1972 film)

The Rebels (French: Quelques arpents de neige) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Denis Héroux and released in 1972.[1] A historical drama set during the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837, the film centres on the romance between Simon de Bellefeuille (Daniel Pilon), a rebel in the village of Saint-Benoît, and Julie Lambert (Christine Olivier).[2]

The Rebels
FrenchQuelques arpents de neige
Directed byDenis Héroux
Screenplay byGilles Élie
Marcel Lefebvre
Produced byClaude Héroux
StarringDaniel Pilon
Christine Olivier
Jean Duceppe
CinematographyBernard Chentrier
Edited byMélanie Gelman
Yves Langlois
Music byFrançois Cousineau
Production
company
Cinévidéo
Distributed byLes Films Mutuels
Release date
  • 1972 (1972)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film's cast also includes Mylène Demongeot, Jean Duceppe, Frédéric de Pasquale, Daniel Gadouas, Roland Chenail, Rose-Rey Duzil, Gérard Poirier, Yvan Ducharme, Jacques Desrosiers, Jean Coutu, Bertrand Gagnon, José Descombes, Barry Baldaro, Dave Broadfoot, Jacques Famery and Jacques Thisdale.

The French title comes from Voltaire's infamous dismissal of New France as "a few acres of snow (quelques arpents de neige)".[3]

The film was entered into the Best Motion Picture competition at the 24th Canadian Film Awards.[4]

References
  1. Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 175.
  2. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Quelques arpents de neige – Film de Denis Héroux". Films du Québec, April 20, 2009.
  3. Martin Malina, "Héroux film naive in its anti-English bias". Montreal Star, January 2, 1973.
  4. Les Wedman, "Etrog our Oscar". Vancouver Sun, October 6, 1972.


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