The_Wake_(1986_film)

<i>The Wake</i> (1986 film)

The Wake (1986 film)

Canadian drama film

The Wake (also known as Veillée funèbre) is a 1986 Canadian drama film directed by Norma Bailey and written by Sharon Riis.[1] The film was produced by the National Film Board of Canada and was part of the organization's "Daughters of the Country" series, which looked at the lives of Métis women.[2]

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Plot

Set in Alberta, The Wake centers around a love affair that forms between a Canadian police officer and a young Métis woman.[3]

Starring

  • Victoria Snow as Joan Laboucane
  • Diane Debassige as Donna Desjarlais
  • Timothy Webber as Jim Whalen
  • Michelle Thrush as Marlene

References

  1. [1]
    Lerner, Loren Ruth (1997). Canadian Film and Video: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802029881.
  2. [2]
    Doyle, Judith (1986). In a Different Voice: Conversations with Women Artists and Filmmakers. Toronto: Funnel Experimental Film Theatre.
  3. [3]
    Government of Canada, National Film Board of Canada (2012-10-11). "National Film Board of Canada". Retrieved 2019-04-26.
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