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| Belizaire the Cajun | |
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 Poster by Matthias Claus | |
| Directed by | Glen Pitre |
| Written by | Glen Pitre |
| Starring | Armand Assante |
Release date | June 13, 1986 |
Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,142,243 [1] |
Belizaire the Cajun is a 1986 film directed by Glen Pitre and starring Armand Assante. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. [2]
It chronicles the story[ vague] of Belizaire Breaux, a village healer ( traiteur) in Acadiana in 1859, who becomes entangled in a violent conflict between Cajuns and the new Anglophone arrivals to Southwest Louisiana.
Cast
- Armand Assante as Belizaire Breaux
- Gail Youngs as Alida Thibodaux
- Michael Schoeffling as Hypolite Leger
- Stephen McHattie as James Willoughby
- Will Patton as Matthew Perry
- Nancy Barrett as Rebecca
- Loulan Pitre, Sr. as Sheriff
- Andre Delaunay as Dolsin
- Jim Levert as Amadee Meaux
- Ernie Vincent as Old Perry
- Paul Landry as Sosthene
- Allan Durand as Priest
- Robert Duvall as The Preacher
- Bob Edmundson as Head Vigilante
- Charlie Goulas as Vigilante
References
- ^ "Belizaire the Cajun".
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Belizaire the Cajun". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
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