This official Canada-France co-production , which was shown in competition at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival , is certainly one of the director ’s accessible films , but it did less well in commercial distribution than it deserved . Made as the Parti Québécois came to power , it was unfashionably critical of Quebec ’s colonial relationship to France
1977 Cannes Film Festival
1977 Cannes Film Festival
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died