The True Nature of Bernadette

The True Nature of Bernadette (1972) is a drama, comedy film directed by Gilles Carle rated 6.1/10.

Bernadette has a yen to chuck it all and go back to nature, in this French-language Canadian film. That's just what she does after carefully leaving her wedding ring where her affluent husband, a lawyer, can see it. She has bought a farm, complete with a run-down farmhouse and a live-in cranky old man. Soon, because of the wonderful effects that her sympathy and her outsider's perspective have, her neighbors perceive great improvements in their lives. They attribute these changes to something miraculous (perhaps taking a cue from her name), and hordes of needy people descend on her farm.

Cast

Micheline Lanctôt

Bernadette

Donald Pilon

Thomas

Reynald Bouchard

Rock

Robert Rivard

Felicien, le maire

Willie Lamothe

Antoine, le postier

Maurice Beaupré

Octave

Ernest Guimond

Moise

Julien Lippé

Auguste

Claudette Delorimier

Madeleine

Pierre Valcour

Courchesne

Yvon Barrette

St-Luc

Yves Allaire

St-Marc