Underplayed Gems

Lovely Sundays (1974)

Lovely Sundays poster
Original title
Les beaux dimanches
Directed by
Richard Martin
Genre
drama
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Four wealthy couples gather after a rough party and find themselves reliving the same evening. With the aid of alcohol, they face their romantic failures and two attempt affairs with their friends' wives. The daughter of the host announces a surprise that challenges the values of this supposedly ideal world.

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What happens

Les Beaux Dimanches est un film québécois réalisé par Richard Martin, sorti le . Au lendemain d’une soirée particulièrement épuisante, quatre couples de riches bourgeois se retrouvent dans la maison de l’un d’eux (Jean Duceppe et Catherine Bégin) et la même soirée recommence… L’alcool aidant, ils sont confrontés à leurs sentiments d’échec face à leurs vies amoureuses. Deux d’entre eux essaient même d’entreprendre des liaisons avec les femmes de leurs amis… Leur monde n’est pas aussi idyllique qu’ils le prétendaient, lorsque la fille du propriétaire (Louise Portal) annonce une surprise qui remettra en question leurs valeurs et perturbera l’équilibre si chèrement payé. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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