The Last Betrothal
The Last Betrothal (Les dernières fiançailles) is a 1973 Canadian drama in French, directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre. It tells the story of Armand and Rose Tremblay, a married couple of fifty years. Armand is dying, and Rose secretly vows to die at the same moment so she won’t have to live without him. The film stars J. Léo Gagnon as Armand and Marthe Nadeau as Rose, with Marcel Sabourin as Armand’s doctor.
The movie runs 92 minutes and was released on December 14, 1973. It was produced by Marguerite Duparc and Bernard Lalonde, with cinematography by Guy Dufaux and music by Andrée Paul, under Productions Prisma Cinak and distributed by Cinema Libre.
The Last Betrothal was shown in the Directors Fortnight at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. It won the 1974 Prix de l'Organisation catholique internationale du cinéma for the best film on spiritual and religious themes. In 1984, it was included in Front & Centre, a retrospective of important Canadian films.
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