Chasse-Galerie: La Légende
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| Directed by | Jean-Philippe Duval |
| Produced by |
Christian Larouche Réal Chabot |
| Written by | Guillaume Vigneault |
| Starring |
Caroline Dhavernas Francis Ducharme François Papineau Vincent-Guillaume Otis |
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Release date
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26 February 2016 |
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Running time
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109 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $7 million |
Chasse-Galerie: La Légende is a 2016 Canadian fantasy film directed by Jean-Philippe Duval and starring Caroline Dhavernas, Francis Ducharme and François Papineau. The film's screenplay is written by Guillaume Vigneault, based on the French Canadian legend of Chasse-galerie.
On New Year's Eve, 1863, Theodore Gilbert meets Jack Murphy, a suave man, while Theodore fears his pregnant wife may die during delivery. Murphy offers a solution, and Theodore dies. In 1888 in L'Ascension, Quebec, lumberjack Jos Lebel is in a romantic relationship with Theodore's grown daughter Liza Gilbert. Jos and a group of lumberjacks then set out to work in the Quebec wilderness. The group is eager to spend the holiday with their loved ones, when they meet Murphy, who is really the Devil. The men make a Faustian deal with Murphy to return home, employing a flying canoe.
The legend of Chasse-galerie was an oral tradition in Quebec for years before Honoré Beaugrand wrote a book on the subject, with Guillaume Vigneault's screenplay marking the first feature film adaptation. Jean-Philippe Duval became the director after agreeing to make a third film, following his Matroni et moi and Dédé à travers les brumes. The budget was $7 million.
With a fascination in history, Duval approached the production from a historically realistic perspective, encouraged by the success of the 2015 film The Revenant. Challenges arose in post-production, one of the reasons the planned December 2015 release was cancelled.
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