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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).

Details

Budget

$1000000

Revenue

$0

Runtime

85 min

Release Date

1998-05-26

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Vote Count

9

Vote Average

7

Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.

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

Normand Bissonnette

Buchanen

Ghislaine Vincent

Madame Petypon

Jean Leloup

Livreur

Walter T Cassidy

Acteur de Nô

Ron Korb

Flûtiste de Nô

Darren Hitoshi Miyasaki

Musicien Nô

Gary Kiyoshi Nagata

Musicien Nô

Jim Asano Akira

Assistant Nô

Milton Tanaka

Assistant Nô

Hitomi Asahata

Assistant Nô

Yosh Tagushi

Médecin

Michel Lee

Étienne

Robert Bellefeuille

Curé Feydeau

Lynda Beaulieu

Madame Feydeau

Noriko Hisatomi

Hôtesse à l'expo d'Osaka

Kathia Bassanoff

Femme

Julie Shimotakahra

Serveuse du restaurant

Nathalie D'Anjou

Concierge

Denis Gaudreault

Visiteur de l'appartement

Denis Lefebvre

Visiteur de l'appartement

Abdul Aziz Rasuli

Azis

Yoshihiro Shimazu

Serveur du karaoke

France Larochelle

Hôtesse du Québec

Marie-Anne Larochelle

Hôtesse du Québec

Robert Norman

Policier

Pierre Auger

Voix

Sophie Faucher

Voix

Manuel Foglia

Voix

Pierre Drolet

Voix

Jean Chrétien

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Knowlton Nash

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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