''A Hero's Life'' (french: La vie d'un héros) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Micheline Lanctôt and released in 1994."Vie d’un héros, La – Film de Micheline Lanctôt"
''Films du Québec'', June 16, 2009. The film stars Marie Cantin as Évelyne Vadeboncoeur, a woman who travels to her hometown to meet Hanibal Heck (Erwin Potitt), a former German prisoner of war who had worked on her family farm during World War II. The film also stars

Gilbert Sicotte Gilbert Sicotte, (born February 18, 1948) is a Canadian actor. Career Sicotte is known for roles in '' The Vultures (Les Vautours)'', '' Little Tougas (Ti-Cul Tougas)'', ''The Years of Dreams and Revolt (Les Années de rêves)'', ''The Secret ...

and

Véronique Le Flaguais Véronique Le Flaguais (born 30 November 1947 in Paris, France) is a French actress who has acted in many Canadian productions. Her work includes a Genie Award nomination for her supporting role in '' Surviving My Mother'', '' Rumeurs'', ''Jesus ...

as Évelyne's parents Bertin and Agathe.Mario Cloutier, "Tournage : les beaux souvenirs / La Vie d’un héros". ''Ciné-Bulles'' 13(3), 1994. pp. 46–49. The film was shot in Frelighsburg, Quebec in early 1994. The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival, and was subsequently screened at the

1994 Toronto International Film Festival The 19th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 8 and September 17, 1994. '' Whale Music'' by Richard J. Lewis was selected as the opening film. The festival's name changed from ''Festiv ...

. The film received two

Genie Award The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for scu ...

nominations at the

15th Genie Awards The 15th Genie Awards were held in 1994. Nominees and winners The Genie Award nominees, with winners in each category shown in bold text: References External links Genie Awards 1994 on imdb {{Canadian Screen Awards 15 Genie Genie J ...

, for Best Overall Sound (Réjean Juteau, Luc Boudrias, Richard Besse, Michel Descombes) and Best Original Score ( Milan Kymlicka). It was one of six finalists for the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois's Prix L.-E. Ouimet-Molson in 1995.John Griffin, "And then there were six; Rendez-Vous du Cinema Quebecois narrows field for top prize". '' Montreal Gazette'', January 25, 1995.

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* 1994 films Canadian drama films Films shot in Quebec Films directed by Micheline Lanctôt 1994 drama films 1990s French-language films French-language Canadian films 1990s Canadian films {{1990s-Canada-film-stub