Montreal Blues (1972)

Original title

Montréal blues

Directed by

Pascal Gélinas

Genre

drama

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of young people living together in a housing commune decide to open a health food restaurant. The film follows their daily lives and interactions as they try to make the project work.

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What happens

Montreal Blues is a Canadian improvisational drama film, directed by Pascal Gélinas and released in 1972. Created in collaboration with the Grand Cirque ordinaire, a Montreal theatre troupe active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the film centres on a group of young people living in a housing commune, who decide to open a health food restaurant together. The core roles were portrayed by troupe members Paule Baillargeon, Jocelyn Bérubé, Raymond Cloutier, Suzanne Garceau, Claude Laroche and Guy Thauvette, with Ginette Anfousse, Francine Lapan, Gilbert Sicotte, Josée Yvon and Mylène Demongeot in supporting roles. It was the troupe's second film following 1971's The Great Ordinary Movie (Le Grand Film ordinaire). The film was submitted to the 24th Canadian Film Awards in 1972. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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