The Tin Flute
6.5
In the early 1940's, Canada is a country at war and Florentine is a young woman, from a very poor family, looking for love. She meets two suitable men, a nice soldier from a good and wealthy family, and an ambitious self-centered engineer. She must decide whether she wants to follow her head or her heart...
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Cast
51 people
Mireille Deyglun
Florentine Lacasse
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Marilyn Lightstone
Rose-Anna Lacasse
Known for
Dennis the Menace
Heavy Metal
Claude Fournier
Dorothy Courtois
Madeleine Arsenault
Rose-Anna Lacasse (voice)
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Just a Game
The Mob
W Paterson Ferns
Marie-José Raymond
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Alone or with Others
Pierre Chagnon
Jean
Known for
I Killed My Mother
Red Rooms
Gabrielle Roy
Michel Forget
Azarius Lacasse
Known for
An Eye for Beauty
Aurore
Robert Verrall
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Documenting John Grierson
Thuryn Pranke
Philippe
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Claude Fournier Director · Marie-José Raymond Writer Gabrielle Roy Author
Budget $3.4M · First release July 1, 1983 · Produced in Canada
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Budget
$3,450,000
Production
Société Radio-Canada
Production
Ciné St-Henri
Production
Famous Players
Production
SDICC
Production
ONF | NFB
Production
Canada
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Languages
Original title
Bonheur d'occasion
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Russia · July 1, 1983
Moscow Film Festival
Canada · August 28, 1983
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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