The Coffin Affair
1980, French. Directed by Jean-Claude Labrecque.
In 1953, in the Gaspé forest, there are three bodies half eaten by bears. Fearing repercussions on tourism and investment, Prime minister Maurice Duplessis decided to make an example accusing Wilbert Coffin.
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Jean-Claude LabrecqueDirector
- Micheline LanctôtCast
- Gabriel ArcandAlain Courtemanche
- August SchellenbergWilbert Coffin
- Thomas DonohueCapitaine Lucien Marois
- Yvon DufourCapitaine Roland Forget
- Roger LebelPascal Dion
- Jean-Marie LemieuxBen Ménard
- Aubert PallascioSergent René Bourdon
- Raymond CloutierLe chauffeur de taxi
- Robert GravelLe coroner région Gaspésienne Louis Rivest
- Gaston LepageGarde de Bordeaux
- Gilbert SicotteLe juré Guay
Details
- Released
- 10 September 1980
- Original title
- L'affaire Coffin
- Country
- Canada
- Written by
- Jacques Benoît, Robert Ménard, Jean-Claude Labrecque
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The Coffin Affair runs 107 minutes (1h 47m).
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The Coffin Affair isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 10 September 1980. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Coffin Affair?
The Coffin Affair (1980) was directed by Jean-Claude Labrecque and stars Micheline Lanctôt, Gabriel Arcand, August Schellenberg.