The Tin Flute (film)

The Tin Flute
FrenchBonheur d'occasion
Directed byClaude Fournier
Written byMarie-José Raymond
Claude Fournier
Gabrielle Roy (book)
Produced byRobert Verrall
Marie-José Raymond
StarringMireille Deyglun
CinematographySavas Kalogeras
Edited byYves Langlois
Music byFrançois Dompierre
Release dates
  • July 1983 (1983-07) (Moscow)
  • 28 August 1983 (1983-08-28) (Canada)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish, French

The Tin Flute (French: Bonheur d'occasion) is a 1983 Canadian drama film directed by Claude Fournier and based on the Gabrielle Roy novel of the same name.[1]

The film was co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada's French-language branch, Ciné St-Henri Inc., and Société Radio-Canada, the French-language branch of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

It was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival.[2] The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 56th Academy Awards, but it was not accepted as a nominee.[3]

  1. ^ "The Tin Flute". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  2. ^ "13th Moscow International Film Festival (1983)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  3. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences