The Shimmering Beast

The Shimmering Beast
FrenchLa bête lumineuse
Directed byPierre Perrault
Produced byJacques Bobet
CinematographyMartin Leclerc
Edited bySuzanne Allard
Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • 15 October 1982 (1982-10-15)
Running time
128 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The Shimmering Beast (French: La bête lumineuse) is a 1982 Canadian documentary film produced by the National Film Board of Canada and directed by Pierre Perrault. It is about a group of hunters who gather annually to hunt moose near Maniwaki, Quebec. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Cast

  • Louis-Philippe Lécuyer as Canotier
  • Philippe Cross as Canotier
  • Stéphane-Albert Boulais as Archer
  • Maurice Chaillot as Archer
  • Bernard L'Heureux as Orignal
  • Michel Guyot as Orignal
  • Maurice Aumont as Chasseur d'ours
  • Claude Lauriault as Chasseur d'ours

References

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: La bête lumineuse". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 20 June 2009.


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