Pale Face (1985)

Original title

Visage pâle

Directed by

Claude Gagnon

Genre

drama

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

G

Rating

4.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A former hockey player turned coach goes on a camping trip and gets attacked by local men. A First Nations man dies defending him, and the coach hides on a nearby reserve with the man's grieving sister, who struggles with her distrust of white people.

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What happens

Pale Face (French: Visage pâle) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Claude Gagnon and released in 1985. The film stars Luc Matte as Claude "C.H." Hébert, a former hockey player turned coach who takes a camping trip in the wilderness; when he is physically attacked by a group of backwoods residents (Guy Thauvette, Gilbert Sicotte and Marcel Leboeuf), he is defended by Peter (Denis Lacroix), a First Nations man who is killed in the altercation. Peter's sister Marie (Allison Odjig) subsequently shelters him on the nearby reserve, despite her grief over her brother's death and her history of distrust of white people. The cast also includes Josie Mathias, Christine Séguin, Louise Richer, Claude Desjardins, Angèle Matte, Cécile Mathias, Michel David, Claudette Lapierre and Christian Talbot in supporting roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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