The Plouffe Family (French: Les Plouffe) is a 1981 Canadian drama film, based on Roger Lemelin's novel about the titular Plouffe family, set during World War II.^[1] The film was Canada's submission to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1981, but was not shortlisted as a nominee for the award.

Production

Roger Lemelin was paid $250,000 to write the script.^[2] The film was shot from 19 August to 5 December 1980, on a budget of $4.8 million (equivalent to $15,447,273 in 2021) with $250,000 coming from the SDICC.^[3]

Release

The film premiered in Quebec City on 7 April 1981, and later shown at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. It was distributed by Ciné 360 in Quebec and by Ambassador Film Distributors in the rest of Canada.^[3]

Reception

The film was seen by 191,294 people in France.^[4]

See also

• La famille Plouffe television series aired in the 1950s
• The Crime of Ovide Plouffe 1984 film and 1986 miniseries
• List of submissions to the 54th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Canadian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

Works cited

• Turner, D. John, ed. (1987). Canadian Feature Film Index: 1913-1985. Canadian Film Institute. ISBN 0660533642.
• Marshall, Bill (2001). Quebec National Cinema. McGill–Queen's University Press. ISBN 0-7735-2103-8.

External links

• The Plouffe Family at IMDb