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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).

Release Date : 1998-05-26

Language :EnglishFrenchJapanese

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : In Extremis ImagesAlliance Films

Production Country : Canada

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Sophie Maltais

Original Name : Anne-Marie Cadieux

Gender : Female

Character Name : Patricia Hébert

Original Name : Marie Gignac

Gender : Female

Character Name : Walter

Original Name : Richard Fréchette

Gender : Male

Character Name : Michel

Original Name : Alexis Martin

Gender : Male

Character Name : François-Xavier

Original Name : Éric Bernier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hanako

Original Name : Marie Brassard

Gender : Female

Character Name : René

Original Name : Patrice Godin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Claude

Original Name : Jean Antoine Charest

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policier no 1

Original Name : Jules Philip

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policier no 2

Original Name : Tony Conte

Gender : Male

Character Name : Buchanen

Original Name : Normand Bissonnette

Gender : Male

Character Name : Madame Petypon

Original Name : Ghislaine Vincent

Gender : Male

Character Name : Livreur

Original Name : Jean Leloup

Gender : Male

Character Name : Acteur de Nô

Original Name : Walter T Cassidy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Flûtiste de Nô

Original Name : Ron Korb

Gender : Male

Character Name : Musicien Nô

Original Name : Darren Hitoshi Miyasaki

Gender : Male

Character Name : Musicien Nô

Original Name : Gary Kiyoshi Nagata

Gender : Male

Character Name : Assistant Nô

Original Name : Jim Asano Akira

Gender : Male

Character Name : Assistant Nô

Original Name : Milton Tanaka

Gender : Male

Character Name : Assistant Nô

Original Name : Hitomi Asahata

Gender : Male

Character Name : Médecin

Original Name : Yosh Tagushi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Étienne

Original Name : Michel Lee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Curé Feydeau

Original Name : Robert Bellefeuille

Gender : Male

Character Name : Madame Feydeau

Original Name : Lynda Beaulieu

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hôtesse à l'expo d'Osaka

Original Name : Noriko Hisatomi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Femme

Original Name : Kathia Bassanoff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Serveuse du restaurant

Original Name : Julie Shimotakahra

Gender : Male

Character Name : Concierge

Original Name : Nathalie D'Anjou

Gender : Female

Character Name : Visiteur de l'appartement

Original Name : Denis Gaudreault

Gender : Male

Character Name : Visiteur de l'appartement

Original Name : Denis Lefebvre

Gender : Male

Character Name : Azis

Original Name : Abdul Aziz Rasuli

Gender : Male

Character Name : Serveur du karaoke

Original Name : Yoshihiro Shimazu

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hôtesse du Québec

Original Name : France Larochelle

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hôtesse du Québec

Original Name : Marie-Anne Larochelle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policier

Original Name : Robert Norman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Voix

Original Name : Pierre Auger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Voix

Original Name : Sophie Faucher

Gender : Female

Character Name : Voix

Original Name : Manuel Foglia

Gender : Male

Character Name : Voix

Original Name : Pierre Drolet

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : Jean Chrétien

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : Knowlton Nash

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Gender : Male

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