Le déserteur (film)
| 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 date(s) | 2008 |
| Running time | 90 min |
| Country |  Canada |
| Language | French |
Le déserteur is a 2008 Quebec feature film directed by Simon Lavoie. The film stares 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.
[edit] 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 (the draft).
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]
[edit] References
- ^ Kellt, Brendan (October 23, 2008). "Review: Le Deserteur". The Gazette. http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/entertainment/movie-guide/story.html?id=22ef70df-3831-427d-a18f-36e1c2bfb7c6. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
- ^ Demers, Maxime (December 19, 2007). "Georges Guénette, déserteur" (in French). Le Journal de Montréal.
- ^ Time, Monday, May 22, 1944 (http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,796595,00.html)
- ^ "The Week in Quebec". The Coaticook Observer. November 17, 1944. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GMsEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8y0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4212,1647406&dq=georges+guenette. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
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