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Directed by | Glen Pitre |
Written by | Glen Pitre |
Starring | Armand Assante |
Release date
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1986 |
Running time
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103 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1,142,243 |
Belizaire the Cajun is a 1986 film directed by Glen Pitre and starring Armand Assante. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.
It chronicles the story of Belizaire Breaux, a village healer (traiteur) in Acadiana in 1859, who becomes entangled in a violent conflict between Cajuns and the new Anglophone arrivals to Southwest Louisiana.