Jean-Claude Labrecque Jacques Benoit Jacques Hébert
Produced by
Robert Ménard
Starring
August Schellenberg Gabriel Arcand Micheline Lanctôt Roger Lebel
Cinematography
Pierre Mignot
Edited by
André Corriveau
Music by
Anne Lauber
Release date
September 10, 1980 (1980-09-10)
Running time
107 minutes
Country
Canada
Language
French
The Coffin Affair (French: L'Affaire Coffin) is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, released in 1980.[1] Directed by Jean-Claude Labrecque, the film is a dramatization of the Coffin affair of 1953.
The film stars August Schellenberg as Wilbert Coffin. The cast also includes Gabriel Arcand, Micheline Lanctôt, Roger Lebel, Aubert Pallascio, Yvon Dufour and Raymond Cloutier.
The film reignited the controversy over Coffin's conviction and execution. Jules Deschênes, the Quebec Superior Court judge who had presided over the 1964 inquiry into Coffin's conviction, publicly claimed that the filmmakers "twisted the facts to accommodate their personal convictions and thus present a slanderous portrait of the judicial system to the viewing public";[2] Jacques Hébert, the journalist who had initiated the original controversy with his 1963 book J'accuse les assassins de Coffin and had been a consultant on the film, responded with an open letter in La Presse in response to Deschênes' allegations.[3]
^"Two films share theme, but miles apart in style". The Globe and Mail, September 30, 1980.
^"Old sores rubbed in Quebec press over Coffin affair". The Globe and Mail, October 13, 1980.
^"Journalist nails judge in new Coffin contest". The Globe and Mail, October 14, 1980.
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