Chili's Blues (1994)
- Original title
- C'était le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues
- Directed by
- Charles Binamé
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 2 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
In 1963, a snowstorm strands travelers at a Montreal train station. A salesman and a depressed college student meet and begin to fall in love as they wait for the trains to run again.
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What happens
Chili's Blues (French: C'était le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues, lit. "It Was the 12th of December and Chili Had the Blues") is a Canadian romantic drama film, directed by Charles Binamé and released in 1994. Set in 1963 and taking place in a train station in Montreal where passengers are temporarily stranded due to a snowstorm, the film centres on the interactions between Pierre-Paul (Roy Dupuis), a salesman, and Chili (Lucie Laurier), a depressed college student who is considering suicide, as they meet and fall in love while waiting for train services to resume. The cast also includes Joëlle Morin, Julie Deslauriers, Emmanuel Bilodeau, Pierre Curzi, Jean-François Pichette, Normand Chouinard, Élise Guilbault and Isabelle Brouillette. The film premiered on August 26, 1994 at the Montreal World Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Cat in the Bag (1964)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.