Taureau (1973)
- Directed by
- Clément Perron
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rating
- 5.3 of 10 from 7 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 strong but intellectually slow young man in a small Quebec town falls in love with the local school teacher. His family becomes a target of the community's cruel rejection.
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What happens
Taureau is a Canadian drama film, directed by Clément Perron and released in 1973. The film centres on the Gilberts, a family in a small town in the Beauce region of Quebec who become a target of social ostracism when their intellectually slow but physically strong and handsome son Taureau (André Melançon) initiates a relationship with Denise (Michèle Magny), the town school teacher. The film was Perron's first solo-directed narrative fiction feature, following a career principally making documentary films. The cast also includes Monique Lepage, Béatrice Picard, Marcel Sabourin, Yvon Thiboutot, Amulette Garneau, Louise Portal, André Cartier, Yvan Canuel, Jacques Bilodeau, Marguerite Lemir, Denis Drouin, Anne Létourneau, Marthe Mercure, Edgar Fruitier, Bonfield Marcoux and Pat Gagnon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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