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Hold on to Daddy's Ears (1971)

Hold on to Daddy's Ears poster
Original title
Tiens-toi bien après les oreilles à papa...
Directed by
Jean Bissonnette
Genre
comedy
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 42m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two French Canadian employees at a Toronto-based insurance company in Montreal navigate the office politics and cultural tensions of their workplace. It is a comedic allegory for Quebec nationalism.

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What happens

Hold on to Daddy's Ears (French: Tiens-toi bien après les oreilles à papa), also known as What the Hell Are They Complaining About?, is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Jean Bissonnette and released in 1971. A satirical allegory for Quebec nationalism, the film stars Dominique Michel as Suzanne David and Yvon Deschamps as Jacques Martin, two French Canadians working for the Montreal office of a large English Canadian insurance company from Toronto. The cast also includes Dave Broadfoot as the company president Mr. Thompson, as well as Paule Bayard, Gilles Latulippe, Jean Leclerc, Hélène Loiselle, Suzanne Lévesque, Alpha Boucher and Claude Michaud in supporting roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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