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'In the Shadow of the Wind' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Yves Simoneau and released in 1986.["Les Fous de Bassan: Psychological insights missing; Ambitious Les Fous a mixed success". 'The Globe and Mail', December 22, 1986.] It was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival.
Based on the novel by Anne Hbert,["Quebec's 'enfant terrible' pulls off heist movie". 'The Globe and Mail', April 4, 1986.] the film depicts a small town in the Gaspsie region of Quebec shaken by a rape and murder in 1936.[ The story is depicted from the perspective of Stevens Brown, played by Steve Banner in the 1936 storyline and by Jean-Louis Millette as an old man in the present day reflecting on the events.][ The cast also includes Charlotte Valandrey, Laure Marsac, Marie Tifo and Lothaire Bluteau.
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The film was originally slated to be directed by Francis Mankiewicz, but he left the production due to a creative dispute with the producers.[ The community in Hbert's novel was an Anglo-Quebecer village, but the film's primary expected audience was a francophone audience in Quebec, leading to a dispute about whether to shoot the film in English and then dub it into French or vice versa.][
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The film received four Genie Award nominations at the 8th Genie Awards in 1987: Best Supporting Actress (Tifo), Best Art Direction/Production Design (Michel Proulx), Best Cinematography (Alain Dostie) and Best Costume Design (Nicole Pelletier).["Decline rises to top Genie nominations". 'Toronto Star', February 5, 1987.]
Cast
* Steve Banner as Stevens Brown
* Charlotte Valandrey as Olivia Atkins
* Laure Marsac as Nora Atkins
* Angle Coutu as Maureen
* Paul Hbert as Thimothe Brown
* Marie Tifo as Irene Jones
* Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu as Priest
* Lothaire Bluteau as Perceval Brown
* Roland Chenail
* Guy Thauvette as Patrick Atkins
* Pierre Powers as Sydney Atkins
* Henri Chass as Bob
* Denise Gagnon
* Jocelyn Brub
* Jean-Louis Millette as Vieux Stevens
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