''Séraphin'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by
Paul Gury
Paul Gury was the stage name of Loïc (Louis-Marie) Le Gouriadec (May 11, 1888 - November 13, 1974), a French-Canadian film and theatre actor, director and writer. He was most noted as the director of three significant films in the early Cinema of ...
and released in 1950.
[Charles-Henri Ramond]
"Séraphin – Film de Paul Gury"
''Films du Québec'', January 3, 2009. A sequel to the 1949 film ''
A Man and His Sin
''A Man and His Sin'' () is a Canadian drama film, directed by Paul Gury and released in 1949.Charles-Henri Ramond"Un homme et son péché – Film de Paul Gury" ''Films du Québec'', August 6, 2012. Adapted from Claude-Henri Grignon's 1933 novel ...
(Un homme et son péché)'', which was an adaptation of the novel by
,
[Charles-Henri Ramond]
"Un homme et son péché – Film de Paul Gury"
''Films du Québec'', August 6, 2012. the film tells the story of Séraphin Poudrier's family and community getting their revenge on him for his miserliness and lack of compassion amid the context of
Antoine Labelle
François-Xavier-Antoine Labelle (; November 24, 1833 – January 4, 1891) was a Roman Catholic priest and the person principally responsible for the settlement (or "colonization") of the Laurentians. He is also referred to as "Curé Labelle" ...
's drive to increase the settlement and development of the region.
[
Hector Charland, Nicole Germain and ]Guy Provost
Guy Provost, (May 19, 1925 – February 10, 2004) was a French Canadian actor.
In 2002, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for being a "giant of the performing arts, admired and respected for his sensitivity and discipline, eis also ...
all reprised their roles as Séraphin, Donalda and Alexis from the first film; the only major change in the core cast was Eddy Tremblay replacing Ovila Légaré as Labelle.[
The cast also included Suzanne Avon, Henri Poitras, Antoinette Giroux, Marcel Sylvain, Armand Leguet, Jeannette Teasdale, Camille Ducharme, Eugène Daigneault, J. Léo Gagnon, Lorenzo Bariteau and Alain Boisvert, as well as Grignon himself in a small role as a rebel settler.][
]
Response
At the 2nd Canadian Film Awards
The 2nd Canadian Film Awards were presented on April 19, 1950 to honour achievements in Canadian film.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 9-11. The cere ...
the following year, Quebec Productions
Quebec is Canada's largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast and a coastal border ...
, the studio of producer Paul L'Anglais
Paul may refer to:
People
* Paul (given name), a given name, including a list of people
* Paul (surname), a list of people
* Paul the Apostle, an apostle who wrote many of the books of the New Testament
* Ray Hildebrand, half of the singing duo ...
and his business partner René Germain
René (''born again'' or ''reborn'' in French) is a common first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus.
René is the masculine form of the name (Renée being the feminine ...
, received a special citation "for sustained and creative effort in establishing a feature-length film industry in Canada", collectively based on the films ''A Man and His Sin'', ''Séraphin'', ''Whispering City
''Whispering City'' (also known as ''Crime City'') is a 1947 Canadian black-and-white film noir directed by Fedor Ozep and starring Paul Lukas, Mary Anderson (actress, born 1918), Mary Anderson, and Helmut Dantine.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Ca ...
''/'' La Forteresse'' and '' The Village Priest (Le Curé du village)''.
Quebec film historian Pierre Véronneau later characterized ''A Man and His Sin'', ''The Village Priest'' and ''Séraphin'' as a group of films about "cowboy
A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the ''vaquero'' ...
s in cassock
The cassock, or soutane, is a Christian clerical clothing, clerical coat used by the clergy and Consecrated life, male religious of the Oriental Orthodox Churches, Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church, in addition to some clergy in ...
s", which transplanted some of the heroic tropes of Western
Western may refer to:
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*Western, Nebraska, a village in the US
*Western, New York, a town in the US
*Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western world, countries that id ...
films onto priests in the church-dominated society of pre-Quiet Revolution
The Quiet Revolution () was a period of socio-political and socio-cultural transformation in French Canada, particularly in Quebec, following the 1960 Quebec general election. This period was marked by the secularization of the government, the ...
Quebec.[George Melnyk, ''One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema''. ]University of Toronto Press
The University of Toronto Press is a Canadian university press. Although it was founded in 1901, the press did not actually publish any books until 1911.
The press originally printed only examination books and the university calendar. Its first s ...
, 2004. . p. 81.
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1950 films
1950s French-language films
French-language Canadian films
Films set in Quebec
Films shot in Quebec
Canadian black-and-white films
Canadian drama films
1950 drama films
1950s Canadian films
Quebec films
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