(1998)

ALL 05/26/1998 (fr) Drama, Comedy 85 Min
  • Release
    05/26/1998
  • Production
    In Extremis Images, Alliance Films
  • Rotten tomato
    66%
  • Original title
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Robert Lepage directed this Canadian comedy, filmed in black and white and color and adapted from Lepage's play The Seven Branches of the River Ota. In October 1970, Montreal actress Sophie (Anne-Marie Cadieux) appears in a Feydeau farce at the Osaka World's Fair. Back in Montreal, her boyfriend Michel (Alexis Martin) watches the October Crisis on TV and sees Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau declare the War Measures Act. The Canadian Army patrols Montreal streets. Sophie learns she's pregnant and phones Michel. However, Michel is immersed in politics, while Sophie rejects the amorous advances of her co-star (Eric Bernier), becomes friendly with a blind translator, and passes an evening with frivolous Canadian embassy official Walter (Richard Frechette) and his wife Patricia (Marie Gignac). Meanwhile, in Montreal, Michael plots terrorist activities. Commenting on East-West cultural distinctions, the film intercuts between Quebec (in black and white) and Japan (in color).

  1. Robert Lepage

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Aube Foglia

    Editor

  4. Bruno Jobin

    Producer



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  1. Anne-Marie Cadieux

    Sophie Maltais

  2. Marie Gignac

    Patricia Hébert

  3. Richard Fréchette

    Walter

  4. Alexis Martin

    Michel

  5. Éric Bernier

    François-Xavier

  6. Marie Brassard

    Hanako

  7. Patrice Godin

    René

  8. Jean Antoine Charest

    Claude

  9. Jules Philip

    Policier no 1

  10. Tony Conte

    Policier no 2

  11. Normand Bissonnette

    Buchanen

  12. Ghislaine Vincent

    Madame Petypon

  13. Jean Leloup

    Livreur

  14. Walter T Cassidy

    Acteur de Nô

  15. Ron Korb

    Flûtiste de Nô

  16. Darren Hitoshi Miyasaki

    Musicien Nô

  17. Gary Kiyoshi Nagata

    Musicien Nô

  18. Jim Asano Akira

    Assistant Nô

  19. Milton Tanaka

    Assistant Nô

  20. Hitomi Asahata

    Assistant Nô

  21. Yosh Tagushi

    Médecin

  22. Michel Lee

    Étienne

  23. Robert Bellefeuille

    Curé Feydeau

  24. Lynda Beaulieu

    Madame Feydeau

  25. Noriko Hisatomi

    Hôtesse à l'expo d'Osaka

  26. Kathia Bassanoff

    Femme

  27. Julie Shimotakahra

    Serveuse du restaurant

  28. Nathalie D'Anjou

    Concierge

  29. Denis Gaudreault

    Visiteur de l'appartement

  30. Denis Lefebvre

    Visiteur de l'appartement

  31. Abdul Aziz Rasuli

    Azis

  32. Yoshihiro Shimazu

    Serveur du karaoke

  33. France Larochelle

    Hôtesse du Québec

  34. Marie-Anne Larochelle

    Hôtesse du Québec

  35. Robert Norman

    Policier

  36. Pierre Auger

    Voix

  37. Sophie Faucher

    Voix

  38. Manuel Foglia

    Voix

  39. Pierre Drolet

    Voix

  40. Jean Chrétien

    Himself (archive)

  41. Knowlton Nash

    Himself (archive)

  42. Pierre Elliott Trudeau

    self (archive)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 42 , Crews : 9

Keyword

(1998) 85 Min

ALL 05/26/1998 (fr)
Drama, Comedy
  • Release 05/26/1998
  • Production
    In Extremis Images, Alliance Films
  • Original title
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Robert Lepage directed this Canadian comedy, filmed in black and white and color and adapted from Lepage's play The Seven Branches of the River Ota. In October 1970, Montreal actress Sophie (Anne-Marie Cadieux) appears in a Feydeau farce at the Osaka World's Fair. Back in Montreal, her boyfriend Michel (Alexis Martin) watches the October Crisis on TV and sees Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau declare the War Measures Act. The Canadian Army patrols Montreal streets. Sophie learns she's pregnant and phones Michel. However, Michel is immersed in politics, while Sophie rejects the amorous advances of her co-star (Eric Bernier), becomes friendly with a blind translator, and passes an evening with frivolous Canadian embassy official Walter (Richard Frechette) and his wife Patricia (Marie Gignac). Meanwhile, in Montreal, Michael plots terrorist activities. Commenting on East-West cultural distinctions, the film intercuts between Quebec (in black and white) and Japan (in color).

  1. Robert Lepage

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Aube Foglia

    Editor

  4. Bruno Jobin

    Producer