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

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.

bittersweetintimateslow-pacedmelancholichopefulatmosphericwintryromantic

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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