Bound for Glory (1975 film) explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/2727.html "Première du film «Partis pour la gloire»"
  2. Lever, Y. (2012). "Le cinéma québécois et la Seconde Guerre mondiale". Bulletin d'histoire politique, 20(3), 24–35. https://doi.org/10.7202/1056196ar.
  3. "Clément Perron's Partis pour la gloire". Cinema Canada, February 1976. pp. 45-46.
  4. Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 111-114.