Le révolutionnaire
Cast & Crew
Jean-pierre Lefebvre
Louis St. Pierre
Louise Rasselet
Alain Chartrand
Robert Daudelin
Michel Gauthier
Film Details
Synopsis
A group of youths go out into the snowy Quebec countryside to train in revolutionary tactics under a fanatical, authoritarian leader. He dictates their aims--discipline, silence, and action; forbids them to dream; and rigidly regulates their daily routine. A sequence follows in which Canada's history unfolds. The group capture a young woman who has fled from her husband and hold her for execution. The leader's attention is totally occupied by her presence as the possibility of love enters his horizon. He reviews his troops and forces Yves, who has confessed his fear of death, to place an apple on his head as a shooting target for another youth, Jean. Jean misses his shot, killing Yves, and afterwards kills himself. One of the group, walking in the forest, catches his leg in a bear trap, and his cries for help go unanswered. The woman's husband arrives, and he commits suicide. The members of the group finish by killing each other. The leader, decorated by the government, is shot by the last surviving group member. Only the woman is left alive.
Director
Jean-pierre Lefebvre
Cast
Louis St. Pierre
Louise Rasselet
Alain Chartrand
Robert Daudelin
Michel Gauthier
René Goulet
Pierre Hébert
Camil Houle
Richard La Croix
Jacques Monette
Michel Patenaude
Jean-pierre Payette
Yves Robillard
Jean-guy Simard
Jacques Soublières
André Théberge
André Leduc
Réal Leduc
Jean-pierre Roy
Christian Rasselet
Crew
Film Details
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Notes
Released in Canada in 1965. Also known as The Revolutionary. "Winter" is credited at the head of the cast. Shown at the New York opening in French language version.
