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'Louisiana' is a 1984 Franco - Italian - Canadian film directed by Philippe de Broca. The film score was composed by Claude Bolling.

Synopsis



The action is located in Louisiana in the mid-nineteenth century. Virginia will fight to get possession of the Bagatelle estate after it was lost during the American Civil War.

Cast



* Margot Kidder as Virginia Tregan

* Ian Charleson as Clarence Dandridge

* Andra Ferrol as Mignette

* Lloyd Bochner as Adrien Damvillier

* Victor Lanoux as Charles de Vigors

* Len Cariou as Oswald

* Hilly Hicks as Brent

* Raymond Pellegrin as Morley

* Ken Pogue as Dr. Murphy

* Akosua Busia as Ivy

* Corinne Marchand as Anne McGregor

* James Bearden as Percy Templeton

* Larry Lewis as Adrien II

* Wayne Best as Major McGregor

* Ron L. Lewis as Pierre Damvillier

* Angus MacInnes as Albert

* Alex Liggett as Adrien II, Child

* Matthew Breeding as Pierre, Child

* Scott Burnelle as Fabian

* Kellie Brasselle as Julie

* Tara Winder as Ivy, Child

* Mark Polley as Adrien McGregor I

* Timothy Patterson as Joe "Little Joe"

* Michael J. Reynolds as General Bank

* Ron Cural as Bradley

* Pat Perkins as Nella

* Becki Davis as Betty Templeton

* Valerian Smith as Theodore

Production



As an international co-production, the making of 'Louisiana' required an international cast and crew. The Hungarian-born Canadian John Kemeny was responsible for the overall production. The original French director was Jacques Demy who was replaced by Philippe de Broca, also from France,Martin Knelman (1987), 'Home Movies: Tales from the Canadian film world', Toronto: Key Porter Books, assisted by Emmanuel Gust. Financing of the $13 million production included pre-sale to television as a six-hour miniseries (on HBO). Because it was also intended for international theatrical release, two different scripts were used, meaning some characters appearing in the mini-series did not appear in the film.

The screenplay was by Dominique Fabre, Chuck Israel, John Melson, tienne Prier, based on the first two novels of Maurice Denuzire's six-volume Louisiane suite, "Louisiane" (1977) and "Fausse-Rivire" (1979).



It was filmed in and around Nottoway Plantation house outside New Orleans. The production was plagued by problems, including a near hurricane which caused delays, and the Mississippi River, which overflowed and destroyed a large outdoor set.

Production credits



Artistic direction: Ivo Cristante, Randy Moore


Sets: John McAdam


Costumes: John Hay


Photography: Michel Brault


Poster: Yves Thos


Sound: Jean-Charles Ruault


Editing: Henri Lano


Music: Claude Bolling


Associate production company: Gabriel Boustani


Executive producers: Denis Heroux, John Kemeny


Production company :


*France A2 Movies

*Espagne Filmax

*Canada International Cinema Corporation

*Italie Radio Televisione Italiana

Distribution: Parafrance


Original language: French and English


Format: colour - 35 mm - 1.37: 1 - Mono sound


Genre : historical film


Duration: 187 minutes


Release dates: France : January 22 , 1984


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