Le déserteur (film)

This article is about the 2008 film. For the opera, see Le déserteur. For the Borix Vian song, see Le Déserteur (Boris Vian song).
Le déserteur
Directed by Simon Lavoie
Produced by Simon Lavoie
Written by Simon Lavoie (play)
Starring Émile Proulx-Cloutier,
Raymond Cloutier,
Danielle Proulx,
Viviane Audet,
Benoit Gouin,
Gilles Renaud
Release dates
 2008
Running time
 90 min
Country Canada
Language French

Le déserteur is a 2008 Quebec feature film directed by Simon Lavoie. The film stars Émile Proulx-Cloutier, Raymond Cloutier, Danielle Proulx, Viviane Audet, Benoit Gouin and Gilles Renaud.[1][2]

It tells the story of Georges Guénette, a deserter from the Canadian Army during World War II, who was shot and killed by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Background

Georges Guénette was a deserter from the Canadian Army and, like many French Canadians during World War II, an opponent of the war and conscription.

In May 1944, a few months after Guénette deserted from the army, four Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers found Guenette in his father's farmhouse, in St-Lambert-de-Lévis (near Quebec City). He jumped out of a window and ran across the fields. Guénette fell, wounded "by a ricocheting bullet," and died without the last rites of the church.[3]

Two RCMP officers were later charged with manslaughter in Guénette's death, and the shooting was an issue in the 1944 Quebec general election.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Kellt, Brendan (October 23, 2008). "Review: Le Deserteur". The Gazette. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  2. ↑ Demers, Maxime (December 19, 2007). "Georges Guénette, déserteur". Le Journal de Montréal (in French).
  3. ↑ Time, Monday, May 22, 1944 (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,796595,00.html)
  4. ↑ "The Week in Quebec". The Coaticook Observer. November 17, 1944. Retrieved 2008-10-25.


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