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Le Frère André

Directed by Mireille Dansereau
Canada, 1982 (documentary / fiction, 56 minutes, colour, French)
Also known as "Fr. André C.S.C."

Film Description [in French] :
"Pour tracer le portrait du fondateur de l'Oratoire St-Joseph, Mireille Dansereau a adopté une approche laïque: plutôt que l'homme 'saint', nous découvrons le personnage de notre patrimoine et le guérisseur. Pour explorer ses multiples facettes, une journaliste rencontre des spécialistes (anthropologue, psychanalyste, médiévaliste, ethnologue, historien) et des témoins qui l'ont connu. Enfin, des séquences dramatiques colorent ce document inédit."
-- Les Productions Ciné-Plurielles (source)

Film Description:
"In this portrait of the founder of St. Joseph's Oratory, Mireille Dansereau has taken the secular approach: rather than a 'holy man', we discover an individual who is part of Québec's heritage. Micheline Lachance interviews various experts (an anthropologist, a psychoanalyst, a medievalist, an ethnologist, and a historian) as well as a few people who actually knew Brother André."
-- World Film Festival / Festival des films du monde (source)


Film Credits (partial):
Written by: Mireille Dansereau, Micheline Lachance
Participants: Jacques Berthiaume, Gilles Bibeau, Benoit Brunelle, Michel Brunet, Marguerite Claude, Michel Dansereau, Émile Deguire, Micheline Lachance, Benoit Lacroix, Bernard Lafrenière, Jacques Languirand, Paul-Émile Léger
Cinematography: Marc Ouellette
Film Editing: Pierre Viau
Production Company: Radio-Québec
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Notes about Le Frère André

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