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Louisiana | Racism
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Dramatic | 1986 | Glen
Best First Feature | 1987
Best Feature Film | 1986 | Glen
Box Office Collection 1 USD
Features the Cajun music and singing of Michael Doucet and Beausoleil.
This film was shot in only thirty-six days and used mostly Acadia Parish, Louisiana's local talent.
The main location was a nineteenth century village near Lafayette, Louisiana, that was maintained for tourists. Use of this town kept costs down, requiring carpenters to build only a few additional sets.
The filmmakers were having trouble raising money because potential investors had never heard of Armand Assante, but investors quickly contributed enough to green light the film, after Assante appeared in the television miniseries Evergreen (1985).
Writer and Director Glen Pitre was inspired by the story of Horace Guidry, a nineteenth century Louisiana "traiteur" (healer) much like the fictional title character Belizaire. Guidry also had Belizaire's silver tongue and got into a predicament very similar to the one portrayed in the film.
"Priest: ...and for your penance say the Rosary five times. Now make a good Act of Contrition. Belizaire: FIVE Rosaries? Father, I have never in my life had to say so much as three Rosaries, let alone five. One, two at the most ... Priest: Belizaire, the penance comes from God. It's not something that you negotiate."
