The Coffin Affair
6.2
In 1953, in the Gaspé forest, there are three bodies half eaten by bears. Fearing repercussions on tourism and investment, Prime minister Maurice Duplessis decided to make an example accusing Wilbert Coffin.
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Cast
16 people
Micheline Lanctôt
Known for
Ravenous
The Nature of Love
Gabriel Arcand
Alain Courtemanche
Known for
A Kid
The Decline of the American Empire
Jean-Claude Labrecque
Robert Ménard
Jacques Benoit
August Schellenberg
Wilbert Coffin
Known for
Free Willy
The New World
Jacques Hébert
Thomas Donohue
Capitaine Lucien Marois
Also in
Tadpole and the Whale
Lance et Compte
Yvon Dufour
Capitaine Roland Forget
Also in
Caïn - Les marcheurs de la nuit
Red the Half Breed
Roger Lebel
Pascal Dion
Also in
L'agent fait le bonheur
Double-Sens
Jean-Marie Lemieux
Ben Ménard
Also in
Red Eyes
And Hope to Die
Aubert Pallascio
Sergent René Bourdon
Known for
Punisher: War Zone
Lilies
Jean-Claude Labrecque Director · Robert Ménard Writer Jacques Benoît Writer
Budget $788K · First release May 16, 1980 · Produced in Canada
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Budget
$788,000
Production
Les Productions Vidéofilms Ltée
Production
Canada
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Languages
Original title
L'affaire Coffin
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · May 16, 1980
Cannes Film Market
Canada · September 10, 1980
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No release date listed for United States.
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