The True Nature of Bernadette (1972)

The True Nature of Bernadette (1972)

All the adventure a man can live, he lives. 1972-05-06 Canada 96 Min. PG-13
5.9 7 votes
Drama, Comedy, Drama

Overview

Bernadette has a yen to chuck it all and go back to nature, in this French-language Canadian film. That's just what she does after carefully leaving her wedding ring where her affluent husband, a lawyer, can see it. She has bought a farm, complete with a run-down farmhouse and a live-in cranky old man. Soon, because of the wonderful effects that her sympathy and her outsider's perspective have, her neighbors perceive great improvements in their lives. They attribute these changes to something miraculous (perhaps taking a cue from her name), and hordes of needy people descend on her farm.

Cast

Micheline Lanctôt is Bernadette
Bernadette
Donald Pilon is Thomas
Thomas
Robert Rivard is Felicien, le maire
Felicien, le maire
Willie Lamothe is Antoine, le postier
Antoine, le postier
Julien Lippé is Auguste
Auguste
Pierre Valcour is Courchesne
Courchesne
Yvon Barrette is St-Luc
St-Luc
Yves Allaire is St-Marc
St-Marc
Gilles Lajoie is Napoléon
Napoléon
Jacques Thisdale is Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Jean-Marie Lemieux is Lamothe, Agronome (uncredited)
Lamothe, Agronome (uncredited)
Paul Gauthier is Déménageur (uncredited)
Déménageur (uncredited)
Reine France is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Robert Desroches is Agriculteur (uncredited)
Agriculteur (uncredited)
Angèle Coutu is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
René Caron is Agriculteur (uncredited)
Agriculteur (uncredited)
Yvon Leroux is Agriculteur (uncredited)
Agriculteur (uncredited)
Jacques Bilodeau is Agriculteur (uncredited)
Agriculteur (uncredited)
Rolland Bédard is Agriculteur (uncredited)
Agriculteur (uncredited)
Claude Préfontaine is Enquêteur au service du bien-être sociale (uncredited)
Enquêteur au service du bien-être sociale (uncredited)
Francine Grimaldi is Journaliste (uncredited)
Journaliste (uncredited)