Le Temps des bouffons (1993)

Directed by

Pierre Falardeau

Genre

documentary film, polemical lampoon

Country

Canada

Runtime

15 min

Rated

G

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Quebecois filmmaker compares English rule in Ghana to Canadian dominance in Quebec. The film shows the 200th anniversary celebration of the Beaver Club of Montreal as the narrator speaks slowly and angrily about colonial elites.

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What happens

Le Temps des bouffons (French for Time of the Buffoons) is a short film created (and narrated) in 1985 by Québécois director Pierre Falardeau. It compares English rule in Ghana with Canadian dominance in Quebec by showing the 200th anniversary celebration of the Beaver Club of Montreal. Falardeau speaks slowly and angrily during scenes of the Canadian élite laughing and toasting each other, some in pseudo-Colonial costume. The film was shot in 1985 but never shown until 1993. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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