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1998/05/26 • $1,000,000 • Released • French, Japanese, English
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).
Director : Robert Lepage
Casts
Anne-Marie Cadieux
Sophie Maltais
Marie Gignac
Patricia Hébert
Richard Fréchette
Walter
Alexis Martin
Michel
Éric Bernier
François-Xavier
Marie Brassard
Hanako
Patrice Godin
René
Jean Antoine Charest
Claude
Jules Philip
Policier no 1
Tony Conte
Policier no 2
Jean Leloup
Livreur
Michel Lee
Étienne
Pierre Auger
Voix
Sophie Faucher
Voix
Jean Chrétien
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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