''We Are Far from the Sun'' (french: On est loin du soleil) is a Canadian drama film, directed by

Jacques Leduc Jacques Leduc (born November 25, 1941) is a Canadian film director and cinematographer. Biography Leduc began his career in 1961 working as a film critic for the magazine ''Objectif''. The following year, at the age of 21, he was hired as a ca ...

and released in 1971.Charles-Henri Ramond
"On est loin du soleil – Film de Jacques Leduc"
''Films du Québec'', March 1, 2009. The film centres on the Bessettes, a contemporary working-class family in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...

who are struggling to make ends meet,

Gerald Pratley Gerald Arthur Pratley (September 3, 1923 – March 14, 2011) was a Canadian film critic and historian. Piers Handling"Gerald Arthur Pratley" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', September 18, 2011. A longtime film critic for the Canadian Broadcasting Cor ...

, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 236. through a narrative frame structured around the philosophies and values of influential Québécois religious leader Brother

André Bessette André Bessette, C.S.C. (9 August 1845 – 6 January 1937), more commonly known as Brother André (french: Frère André), and since his canonization as Saint André of Montreal, was a lay brother of the Congregation of Holy Cross and a signifi ...

."On est loin du soleil"
'' Canadian Film Encyclopedia''. The film's cast includes Marthe Nadeau,

Pierre Curzi Pierre Curzi (born February 11, 1946 in Montreal, Quebec) is an actor, screenwriter and politician in Quebec. He is a former Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the riding of Borduas in the Montérégie region south of Montreal. ...

Willie Lamothe Willie Lamothe was the stage name of Joachim Guillaume Lamothe (January 27, 1920 – October 19, 1992), a Canadian musician and actor from Quebec.

, Reynald Bouchard, J.-Léo Gagnon,

Claude Jutra Claude Jutra (; March 11, 1930 – November 5, 1986) was a Canadian actor, film director, and screenwriter.

Marcel Sabourin Marcel Sabourin, OC (born March 25, 1935) is a Canadian actor and writer from Quebec.Gaetan Charlebois and Anne Nothof"Sabourin, Marcel" ''Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia'', October 20, 2015. He is most noted for his role as Abel Gagné, the centra ...

and Esther Auger. The film was produced and shot in 1970, and released theatrically in 1971.

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* 1971 films 1971 drama films Canadian drama films Films shot in Quebec Films set in Quebec Films directed by Jacques Leduc National Film Board of Canada films 1970s French-language films French-language Canadian films 1970s Canadian films {{1970s-Canada-film-stub