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Belizaire the Cajun
Belizaire the Cajun is a 1986 film directed by Glen Pitre and starring Armand Assante. It was screened in the "Un Certain Regard" section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival.
It chronicles the story of Belizaire Breaux, a village healer ("traiteur") in Acadiana in 1859, who becomes entangled in a violent conflict between Cajuns and the new Anglophone arrivals to Southwest Louisiana.
Cast.
- Armand Assante as Belizaire Breaux
- Gail Youngs as Alida Thibodaux
- Michael Schoeffling as
Award for Best Cajun Music Album category for the album Live at the 2008 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
Discography.
Discography Albums.
- 1976 "La Nuit" (Released only in France)
- 1977 "The Spirit of Cajun Music" (Swallow)
- 1984 "Michael Doucet with BeauSoleil" (Arhoolie)
- 1984 "Parlez-Nous a Boire" (Arhoolie)
- 1986 "Allons a Lafayette" (Arhoolie) with Canray Fontenot
- 1986 "Belizaire the Cajun"