In the Shadow of the Wind (French: Les Fous de Bassan) is a 1987 Canadian drama film, directed by Yves Simoneau.

[2] Based on the novel by Anne Hébert,[3] the film depicts a small town in the Gaspésie region of Quebec shaken by a rape and murder in 1936.

[1] The story is depicted from the perspective of Stevens Brown, played by Steve Banner in the 1936 storyline and by Jean-Louis Millette as an old man in the present day reflecting on the events.

The film was originally slated to be directed by Francis Mankiewicz, but he left the production due to a creative dispute with the producers.

[4] Anne Hébert wanted Mireille Dansereau to direct the film adaption of her novel Les fous de Bassan.