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Nelligan (film)
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'Nelligan' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Robert Favreau and released in 1991.[http://www.filmsquebec.com/films/nelligan-robert-favreau/ "Nelligan Film de Robert Favreau"]. 'Films du Qubec', February 4, 2009. A biopic of Quebec poet mile Nelligan, the film stars Marc Saint-Pierre as the adolescent Nelligan and Michel Comeau as the adult Nelligan after his confinement to an insane asylum."Newcomer St. Pierre looks part, but is less than convincing as Nelligan". 'Montreal Gazette', September 27, 1991.
The film also stars Luc Morissette and Lorraine Pintal as Nelligan's parents, Gabriel Arcand as his mentor Eugne Seers, David La Haye as his friend and colleague Arthur de Bussires, Dominique Leduc as his friend Idola Saint-Jean, Christian Bgin as poet Jean Charbonneau, and Gilles Pelletier as poet Louis-Honor Frchette. A key theme of the film is that Nelligan was a pote maudit continually pulled in different directions by opposing forces, including the conflicting cultural identities of his Irish-Canadian father and his French-Canadian mother, the competing influences of Seers and Frchette on his writing, and a nearly asexual ambivalence in his personal relationships with both Bussires and Saint-Jean.Mario Cloutier, "Coup de coeur : Nest-il pote que maudit?" 'Cin-Bulles', Vol. 11 No. 3 (1992), pp. 3839. The film also posits that Nelligan was subject to incestuous advances by his mother."A revisionist adjusts the halo: Emile Nelligan; Rather than placing Quebec's beloved tragic poet on a pedestal, director Robert Favreau portrays his subject as a rather gloomy adolescent". 'The Globe and Mail', October 26, 1991.
The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 12th Genie Awards in 1991, for Best Cinematography (Guy Dufaux) and Best Costume Design (Franois Laplante)."Genie candidates announced". 'Edmonton Journal', October 10, 1991.
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