A Hero's Life (French: La vie d'un héros) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Micheline Lanctôt and released in 1994.
[1] The film stars Marie Cantin as Évelyne Vadeboncoeur, a woman who travels to her hometown to meet Hanibal Heck (Erwin Potitt), a former German prisoner of war who had worked on her family farm during World War II.
[1] The film also stars Gilbert Sicotte and Véronique Le Flaguais as Évelyne's parents Bertin and Agathe.
[4] The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 15th Genie Awards, for Best Overall Sound (Réjean Juteau, Luc Boudrias, Richard Besse, Michel Descombes) and Best Original Score (Milan Kymlicka).
[5] It was one of six finalists for the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois's Prix L.-E. Ouimet-Molson in 1995.