The Conquest (1973)
- Original title
- La conquête
- Directed by
- Jacques Gagné
- Genre
- romance, drama
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A sociologist and an art professor in Quebec City meet and fall in love, even though both are married to other people.
romanticmelancholicbittersweetslow-pacedintimateemotionalrestrainedthoughtful
What happens
The Conquest (French: La Conquête) is a Canadian romantic drama film, written and directed by Jacques Gagné and released in 1973. The film stars Michelle Rossignol and Gilles Renaud as Françoise and Laurent, a sociologist and an art professor in Quebec City who meet and fall in love despite the fact that both are married to other people. The cast also includes Raymond Bouchard, Jean Brousseau, Jocelyn Bérubé, Raymond Cloutier, Frédérique Collin, Angèle Coutu, Michel Daigle, Rémy Girard, Nicole Leblanc, Lubomir Mykytiuk, François Tassé and Marie Tifo in supporting roles. The film's screenplay was written by Michèle Lalonde. The film was entered into competition at the 24th Canadian Film Awards in 1972, before going into commercial release in 1973. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Golden Apples of the Sun (1973)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.