Belizaire the Cajun

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Belizaire the Cajun
Poster by Matthias Claus
Directed by	Glen Pitre
Written by	Glen Pitre
Starring	Armand Assante
Release date	June 13, 1986 (1986-06-13)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,142,243[1]

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.^[2][3][4]

It chronicles the story^[vague] 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.

• Armand Assante as Belizaire Breaux
• Gail Youngs as Alida Thibodaux
• Michael Schoeffling as Hypolite Leger
• Stephen McHattie as James Willoughby
• Will Patton as Matthew Perry
• Nancy Barrett as Rebecca
• Loulan Pitre, Sr. as Sheriff
• Andre Delaunay as Dolsin
• Jim Levert as Amadee Meaux
• Ernie Vincent as Old Perry
• Paul Landry as Sosthene
• Allan Durand as Priest
• Robert Duvall as The Preacher
• Bob Edmundson as Head Vigilante
• Charlie Goulas as Vigilante

• Belizaire the Cajun at IMDb
• Belizaire the Cajun at Rotten Tomatoes

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