Quand je serai parti...vous vivrez encore (1999) *

Directed by Michel Brault. With Francois Reddy, David Boutin and Claude Gauthier. Patriotic, heavy-handed, slow and unbearably tedious historical drama about the 1838 rebellion of Freres Chasseurs against the British tyranny. Led by Chevalier de Lorimier, the insurrectionists were quickly routed, captured, tried and executed. The film will annoy both sides: the francophones will be depressed by its defeatist attitude, while the anglos will squirm over the intensely negative portrayal of their ancestors.