The Long Winter (1999 film)

The Long Winter
The Long Winter
	Theatrical release poster
French	Quand je serai parti...vous vivrez encore
Directed by	Michel Brault
Written by	Michel Brault
Produced by	Anouk Brault; Claudio Luca
Starring	Francis Reddy; David Boutin; Micheline Lanctôt; Claude Gauthier
Cinematography	Sylvain Brault
Edited by	Daniel Arié
Music by	François Dompierre
Release date	March 13, 1999;
Running time	120 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

The Long Winter (French: Quand je serai parti... vous vivrez encore) is a 1999 Quebec historical drama film. Directed by Michel Brault, it is a partly fictionalized account of the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837 and 1838 which sought to make Lower Canada, now Quebec, a republic independent from the British Empire.

Description

It features the fictional character of François-Xavier Bouchard and the factual character of François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier. The music was composed by François Dompierre. Film director Pierre Falardeau says that Telefilm Canada initially used the approval of Brault's film as an excuse to deny funds for the film February 15, 1839. This incited him to write a second Elvis Gratton film instead.

The main protagonist is Patriote François-Xavier Bouchard. The latter comes back to Lower Canada in the autumn of 1838 after having escaped to the United States (as a number of Patriotes did indeed), after the first uprising, in that year. As soon as he returns, despite the exhortations of his family, he joins François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier for another attempt. Following a hasty trial, Bouchard, Chevalier de Lorimier and others are sentenced to death.