Jerome's Secret

Jerome's Secret (French: Le Secret de Jérôme) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Phil Comeau and released in 1994.[1] The first-ever Acadian feature film, it dramatizes the story of Jerome, a mysterious man who washed up on a beach at Baie-Sainte-Marie, Nova Scotia, mute and with his legs recently amputated, and lived in the community for the remainder of his life.

Jerome's Secret
FrenchLe Secret de Jérôme
Directed byPhil Comeau
Written byJean Barbeau
Phil Comeau
Produced byBarry Cowling
Marie-Andrée Vinet
StarringDenis Lapalme
Myriam Cyr
Germain Houde
CinematographyÉric Cayla
Edited byHélène Girard
Music byMarcel Aymar
Production
companies
CinéGroupe
Citadel Films
National Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • September 23, 1994 (1994-09-23) (AFF)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Denis Lapalme, a Canadian amputee athlete who previously competed at the Paralympics, portrayed Jerome in his first-ever acting role.[2] The film also stars Myriam Cyr as Julitte, a woman who falls in love with Jerome as she nurses him back to health, and Germain Houde as Jean Nicholas, Julitte's infertile husband whose desire to leave Acadia to return to his native Corsica has caused strain in their marriage, as well as Rémy Girard and Viola Léger in supporting roles.[3]

The film premiered at the 1994 Atlantic Film Festival,[4] where it won the festival's People's Choice Award. It was nominated for two Genie Awards at the 15th Genie Awards, for Best Art Direction or Production Design (Luc J. Béland) and Best Costume Design (Jacinthe Demers).[5]

References
  1. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Secret de Jérôme, Le – Film de Phil Comeau". Films du Québec, April 10, 2009.
  2. "The Acadian Tale About A Mysterious Amputee". Canada AM, March 30, 1995.
  3. Brendan Kelly, "Jerome’s Secret". Variety, October 3, 1994.
  4. Ian Johnston, "Acadian feature to open Atlantic Film Festival". Halifax Daily News, August 16, 1994.
  5. "Dreaming of Genie: Atom Egoyan's moody tale of a rock recluse tops the list". Windsor Star, October 20, 1994.


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