returns home. He runs up the stairs to get help from his aunt and discovers her embracing Fernand, the help, in her nightgown. Realizing what has happened, Fernand takes Benoît out in the sleigh to look for the body. Traumatized by seeing his aunt and Fernand together, Benoît is no help in remembering where the coffin fell off the sleigh. Eventually they make it back to the Poulin household where they find the entire Poulin family, including Jos, the father, who had been away working, around the coffin mourning the loss of Marcel. Jos looks at Benoît and the film ends. Cast Jacques Gagnon as Benoît Lyne Champagne as Carmen Jean Duceppe as Uncle Antoine Olivette Thibault as Aunt Cécile Claude Jutra as Fernand, Clerk Lionel Villeneuve as Jos Poulin Hélène Loiselle as Madame Poulin Mario Dubuc as Poulin's son Lise Brunelle as Poulin's daughter Alain Legendre as Poulin's son Robin Marcoux as Poulin's son Serge Evers as Poulin's son Monique Mercure as Alexandrine Georges Alexander as The Big Boss Rene Salvatore Catta as The Vicar Production Sydney Newman viewed the unfinished film in 1970, and told Jutra that he should delay the film for additional filming. The filming was done in February 1971, and added $40,000 onto the film. $237,214 () of the film's budget was paid for by the NFB. Release The film was first shown at the 7th Moscow International Film Festival. It was released in theatres in 1971, and grossed $700,000 () by 1974. The viewership of the movie rose to 2.5 million due to broadcasts by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in October 1973 and August 1974, the second-highest in the CBC's history. Reception The film won the Golden Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival. The film has twice been voted the greatest Canadian film in the Sight & Sound poll, conducted once each decade. The Toronto International Film Festival placed it first in the Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time three times. This film has been designated and preserved as a masterwork by the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada, a charitable non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting the preservation of Canada’s audio-visual heritage. It was featured in the TV series Canadian Cinema, which aired on CBC Television in 1974. On 23 December 2008, Roger Ebert put Mon Oncle Antoine on his Great Movies list. The film was selected as the Canadian entry for