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  • Le dossier Nelligan (1969)
  • 82 min | Documentary
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Le dossier Nelligan (1969)
82 min | Documentary
-The film is presented as a trial to determine whether Nelligan was mad or brilliant. Commissioned by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, a judge, Paul Hébert, assisted by two prosecutors, Luc Durand and François Tassé, studies the poet's ...See more-The film is presented as a trial to determine whether Nelligan was mad or brilliant. Commissioned by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, a judge, Paul Hébert, assisted by two prosecutors, Luc Durand and François Tassé, studies the poet's file and calls a number of witnesses to the stand: Luc Lacourcière, biographer and author of a critical edition of the work; Béatrice Hudon-Campbell, cousin of the poet; Gilles Corbeil (1920-1986), founder of the Gilles-Corbeil Prize, son of businessman Émile Corbeil and Gertrude Nelligan, sister of Émile; Guillaume Lahaise, poet and retired psychiatrist from the Saint-Jean-de-Dieu Hospital; and poets Gaston Miron, who loved him and considered him important, Michel Beaulieu, who was contemptuous, and Alfred DesRochers, who praised the poet and his friend Louis Dantin. See less
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Director
Claude Fournier
Cinematographers
Claude Fournier | Daniel Fournier
Editor
Claude Fournier
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Feb 20, 1969 (Canada)

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