Belizaire the Cajun
1986 film directed by Glen Pitre
- June 13, 1986 (1986-06-13)
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Belizaire the Cajun is a 1986 film directed by Glen Pitre and starring Armand Assante. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
It chronicles the story[vague] of Belizaire Breaux, a village healer (traiteur) in Acadiana in 1859, who becomes entangled in a violent conflict between Cajuns and the new Anglophone arrivals to Southwest Louisiana.
Cast
- Armand Assante as Belizaire Breaux
- Gail Youngs as Alida Thibodaux
- Michael Schoeffling as Hypolite Leger
- Stephen McHattie as James Willoughby
- Will Patton as Matthew Perry
- Nancy Barrett as Rebecca
- Loulan Pitre, Sr. as Sheriff
- Andre Delaunay as Dolsin
- Jim Levert as Amadee Meaux
- Ernie Vincent as Old Perry
- Paul Landry as Sosthene
- Allan Durand as Priest
- Robert Duvall as The Preacher
- Bob Edmundson as Head Vigilante
- Charlie Goulas as Vigilante
References
External links
- Belizaire the Cajun at IMDb
- Belizaire the Cajun at Rotten Tomatoes
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