Normande (French: La Tête de Normande St-Onge) is a 1975 Canadian drama film from Quebec, directed by Gilles Carle.[1] The film stars Carole Laure as the titular Normande St-Onge, a woman who is slowly losing her grip on reality as her difficult circumstances lead her to retreat into a fantasy world.[2]

Normande
FrenchLa Tête de Normande St-Onge
Directed byGilles Carle
Written byBen Barzman
Produced byPierre Lamy
StarringCarole Laure
Raymond Cloutier
Reynald Bouchard
CinematographyFrançois Protat
Edited byGilles Carle
Avdé Chiriaeff
Music byLewis Furey
Distributed byCinepix
Les Productions Carle-Lamy
Release date
  • August 25, 1975 (1975-08-25)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film's cast also includes Raymond Cloutier, Reynald Bouchard, Carmen Giroux and Denys Arcand.

Lewis Furey won the Canadian Film Award for Best Musical Score at the 27th Canadian Film Awards for his work on the film.[3] The film was also a nominee for Best Feature Film, but did not win.

References

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  1. ^ "A beautiful woman's insanity both repellent and attractive". The Globe and Mail, October 2, 1976.
  2. ^ "Tête de Normande St-Onge, La – Film de Gilles Carle". Films du Québec, March 3, 2009.
  3. ^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1. pp. 111-114.
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