Underplayed Gems

A 20th Century Chocolate Cake (1983)

A 20th Century Chocolate Cake poster
Directed by
Lois Siegel
Genre
comedy film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two young men in Montreal try to find creative satisfaction in their jobs. One is a freelance human interest writer, and the other works as a dancer in a gay bar.

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What happens

A 20th Century Chocolate Cake is a Canadian comedy docufiction film, directed by Lois Siegel and released in 1983. The film stars Greg Van Riel and Charles Fisch Jr. as Greg and Charles, two young men in Montreal who are trying to find creative fulfillment in their professional lives. Greg pursues work as a freelance writer of human interest journalism, while the openly gay Charles takes a job as a dancer in a gay bar. The film was an expansion of an earlier short film, Recipe to Cook a Clown, which Siegel, Van Riel, and Fisch had made together in the 1970s. Due to budgetary limitations, the film took over three years to make, went through a dozen different cinematographers, and was shot predominantly on stray ends of donated film from other film projects. André Vincelli received Genie Award nominations for Best Original Score and Best Original Song at the 5th Genie Awards in 1984. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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