Bound for Glory | |
Native Name: | |
Director: | Clément Perron |
Producer: | Marc Beaudet |
Starring: | Serge L'Italien Rachel Cailhier Jacques Thisdale André Melançon |
Music: | François Dompierre |
Cinematography: | Georges Dufaux |
Editing: | Pierre Lemelin |
Studio: | National Film Board of Canada |
Runtime: | 102 minutes |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | French |
Bound for Glory (French: Partis pour la gloire) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Clément Perron and released in 1975.[1]
Set against the backdrop of the 1942 Canadian conscription plebiscite,[2] the film is set in a small town in the Beauce region of Quebec where resistance to the war is high and many men have fled into the woods to escape being conscripted.[3] The film's cast includes Serge L'Italien, Rachel Cailhier, Jacques Thisdale, André Melançon, Yolande Roy, Jean-Marie Lemieux, Louise Ladouceur and Jean-Pierre Masson.
Melançon won the Canadian Film Award for Best Actor at the 27th Canadian Film Awards.[4]