La Vraie Nature de Bernadette

★★★★★

Original title: The True Nature of Bernadette

1972 · 1 h 55 min

Directed by Gilles Carle

ComedyDrama

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Cast

Micheline Lanctôt Donald Pilon Reynald Bouchard Robert Rivard Willie Lamothe Maurice Beaupré

Credits

Written by: Gilles Carle

Plot

A Montreal woman leaves the city for a country life and becomes a symbol of free living among the farmers, in a comic-political parable.

Sinekatalog’s take

A bawdy, political, countercultural comedy.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (496 votes)
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