THE DESERTER

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By Simon LAVOIE

Historical - Completed 2008

Summer 1944, a young conscript is shot in the back by the Feds. He had deserted the army, that was his only crime.

- Year of production
- 2008
- Genres
- Historical
- Countries
- CANADA
- Languages
- FRENCH-CANADIAN
- Budget
- 1 - 3 M$
- Duration
- 107 mn
- Director(s)
- Simon LAVOIE
- Cast
- Emile PROULX-CLOUTIER, Raymond CLOUTIER, Danielle PROULX, Viviane AUDET
- Producer(s)
- Real CHABOT (FILMS DU BOULEVARD)
- Synopsis
- Summer, 1944. Georges Guénette, a young deserter from the army, is shot down by the federal police under suspicious circumstances. A reporter is sent to the small town where the drama unfolded, to shed light on the truth. As he interviews witnesses, the deserter’s secret life is revealed: His tense relationship with his parents; His troubled love affair with a married woman; His motive for deserting. Guénette’s death appears to be linked to another event that occurred the previous winter: a policeman was severely beaten by a group of young men from the area. The assailants’ identity remains to be discovered, but Guénette is suspected of having taken part in the beating...
- Beginning of shooting
- Feb 01, 2008