USA,
1986, 114 min
Shown in 1986
CREDITS
- dir
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Glen Pitre
- prod
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Glen Pitre, Allan L. Durand
- scr
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Glen Pitre
- cam
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Richard Bowen
- cast
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Armand Assante, Gail Youngs, Michael Schoeffling, Stephen McHattie, Will Patton
- source
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Cote Blanche Feature Films Ltd., Cut Off, L.A.
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COMMENTS
Glen Pitre in person.
OTHER
A Cajun herbal doctor’s love for another man’s woman and his struggle to save a friend are part of the explosive chain of events that breaks the silence of the Louisiana bayou in the late 1850s. The first ride of the plantation owners’ vigilante committee brings a night of terror to many of the local peasants. Accused of being cattle thieves, hog-nappers and the like, they are ordered into exile under penalty of death. The area healer, a good-natured, soft-spoken man, Belizaire Breaux (Armand Assante), is spared from exile but considered by many on the committee to be a troublemaker. Belizaire’s interest in his childhood sweetheart leads to a dangerous confrontation and accusation. Belizaire’s final act of healing is the greatest one of all.
–U.S. Festival
FACTOID #85
In 1996, Harvey Keitel was the first recipient of the Peter J. Owens Award, honoring “brilliance, independence and honesty” in acting. Honest he was. During the clip show at his tribute Keitel, unhappy with one of the clips, began waving his arms and shouting until the screen went black. The screen lit up with a new clip and the tribute continued.
