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1998 · 85 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 451 VOTES · DIR. Robert Lepage
Overview
Robert Lepage directed this Canadian comedy, filmed in black and white and color and adapted from Lepage's play The Seven Branches of the River Ota. In October 1970, Montreal actress Sophie (Anne-Marie Cadieux) appears in a Feydeau farce at the Osaka World's Fair. Back in Montreal, her boyfriend Michel (Alexis Martin) watches the October Crisis on TV and sees Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau declare the War Measures Act. The Canadian Army patrols Montreal streets. Sophie learns she's pregnant and phones Michel. However, Michel is immersed in politics, while Sophie rejects the amorous advances of her co-star (Eric Bernier), becomes friendly with a blind translator, and passes an evening with frivolous Canadian embassy official Walter (Richard Frechette) and his wife Patricia (Marie Gignac). Meanwhile, in Montreal, Michael plots terrorist activities. Commenting on East-West cultural distinctions, the film intercuts between Quebec (in black and white) and Japan (in color).
Dialogue Timeline — 1,034 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:07 - Prime Minister Trudeau rejected outright
00:06:17 l'm worried, l don't know what's wrong.
00:10:04 - Don't put words in my mouth!
00:13:02 Domo arigato.
00:15:33 What's this?
00:18:12 (simultaneous Japanese translation)
00:21:49 but we're using some of the army as peace agents
00:24:39 - You drink Coke and coffee with your chicken?
00:27:24 - Jeez, uh... thanks. Thanks again.
00:29:41 We won't be long.
00:33:40 and phrases that just aren't French.
00:36:10 - Not so long.
00:38:27 - Don't worry, it'll pass.
00:41:22 You're home?
00:44:00 to represent Canada at the World's Fair?
00:46:42 - l'm leaving, but Walter's staying on all week.
00:49:41 Oh non Paris
00:55:29 - OK, you exhale... ''You bastard!''
01:02:16 For the summer
01:06:01 l'm not getting caught with pot
01:08:26 - You're dishonest. - Contemptuous!
01:13:34 - You live here? - Yes.
01:16:40 - That's static, sterile.
01:19:25 - Yeah.