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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
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00:00:07 - Prime Minister Trudeau rejected outright
00:06:17 l'm worried, l don't know what's wrong.
00:10:06 - lf you get off on playing a maid
00:13:11 - Do you have a 100-yen coin?
00:15:43 We came up with an excuse not to go, huh, Lynda?
00:18:25 - You're so rough! That's no way to handle a dress.
00:22:02 - They stationed two army jeeps on Esplanade
00:25:19 - What is it?
00:27:50 Thanks to Canadian theater!
00:30:06 - She's tall and slim and all
00:34:08 words different from the oppressor's.
00:36:39 l took acting lessons there.
00:38:55 - A form of painting, Japanese naturally
00:42:13 You eat it... lt's almost like painting
00:44:52 Actresses are emotional. lt's normal.
00:47:34 - Abrasive?
00:52:28 Who lived here?
01:00:27 - Very pleased to meet you. - A pleasure.
01:03:36 - Yes, that's right.
01:07:19 - No, that's OK.
01:09:51 - Walter!
01:14:55 Both sides of the barricade
01:17:48 not completely. lt can be very pleasant. lt's an option.
01:20:51 DVD Subtitling by CNST, Montreal