Réalisé par Denys Arcand, Michel Brault, Atom Egoyan, Jacques Leduc, Léa Pool, et Patricia Rozema |
Canada, 1991 (fiction, 125 minutes, couleurs, anglais / français) |
Autres |
Image : © Office national du film du Canada |
Description du film [en anglais] : « Six of Canada's most talented filmmakers have joined forces to offer a truly unique cinematic tribute to Montreal on the occasion of it's 350th birthday. [...] In all of its glorious diversity, piercing idiosyncracy and stately beauty, Montreal Sextet adds up to a resounding collective chorus of Bonne Fête, Montréal! » -- Festival of Festivals (source)
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Scénario : | Patricia Rozema, Marie-Carole de Beaumont, Jacques Leduc, Hélène Le Beau, Michel Brault, Atom Egoyan, Léa Pool, Paule Baillargeon |
Produit par : | Denise Robert, Michel Houle, Peter Sussman, Doris Girard, Larry Raskin, Yves Rivard, Daniel Louis |
Interprètes principaux : | Sheila McCarthy, Charlotte Laurier, Alexandre Hausvater, Jean-Louis Millette, Normand Chouinard, Monique Mercure, Hélène Loiselle, Jean Mathieu, Maury Chaykin, Arsinée Khanjian, Anne Dorval, Sylvie Legault, Domini Blythe, Rémy Girard, Raoul Trujillo |
Images : | Guy Dufaux, Pierre Letarte, Jean Lépine, Éric Cayla, Pierre Mignot, Paul Sarossy |
Montage images : | Susan Shipton, Pierre Bernier, Jacques Gagné, Dominque Fortin, Alain Baril |
Société de production : | Cinémaginaire Inc., Atlantis Films Limited, Office national du film du Canada / National Film Board of Canada |
« Using a female Chaplinesque character, the film [Desperanto, Patricia Rozema's contribution to Montréal vu par...] critiques the cultural and linguistic divide of the two solitudes with humour, entertainment, and a self-deprecating persona that appeals to both female and male viewers—especially English Canadians, who can readily identify with her awkwardness and sense of inferiority in the face of francophone snobbery. Rozema's use of the comedic genre allows the audience to laugh at the typical English Canadian anxieties. »
-- George Melnyk
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