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🎞️ Movie 85 min CA
โ˜… 6.9 /10 1998

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).

Cast

Anne-Marie Cadieux
Anne-Marie Cadieux
Sophie Maltais
Alexis Martin
Alexis Martin
Michel
Marie Gignac
Marie Gignac
Patricia Hébert
Richard Fréchette
Richard Fréchette
Walter
Eric Bernier
Eric Bernier
François-Xavier
Marie Brassard
Marie Brassard
Hanako
Patrice Godin
Patrice Godin
René
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Jean Charest
Claude
Jules Philip
Jules Philip
Policier #1
Tony Conte
Tony Conte
Policier #2
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Michel F. Côté
Composer
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Bernard Falaise
Composer
Pierre Mignot
Pierre Mignot
Cinematographer