Release Date

26 May, 1998

Runtime

01:25: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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).

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Actors

Anne-Marie Cadieux

Marie Gignac

Richard Fréchette

Alexis Martin

Éric Bernier

Marie Brassard

Patrice Godin

Jean Antoine Charest

Jules Philip

Tony Conte

Normand Bissonnette

Ghislaine Vincent

Jean Leloup

Walter T Cassidy

Ron Korb

Darren Hitoshi Miyasaki

Gary Kiyoshi Nagata

Jim Asano Akira

Milton Tanaka

Hitomi Asahata

Yosh Tagushi

Crew

Robert Lepage

André Morency

Bruno Jobin

Pierre Mignot

Aube Foglia

Robert Lepage

France Boudreau

Michel F. Côté

Bernard Falaise