Don't Push It (film)

Don't Push It
FrenchPousse mais pousse égal
Directed byDenis Héroux
Written byMarcel Gamache
Produced byClaude Héroux
StarringGilles Latulippe
Celine Lomez
Yves Létourneau
CinematographyBernard Chentrier
Edited byYves Langlois
Music byLee Gagnon
Production
companies
Cinévidéo
France Film
Télé Capitale Ltée
Distributed byFrance Film
Release date
  • February 7, 1975 (1975-02-07)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Don't Push It (French: Pousse mais pousse égal) is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Denis Héroux and released in 1975.[1] The film stars Gilles Latulippe as Conrad Lachance, a clumsy young man who has trouble keeping a job; his girlfriend Gisèle Gagnon (Celine Lomez) gets him a new job as a nursing aide at the hospital where her father Dr. Gagnon (Yves Létourneau) works, exasperating her father because he cannot fire Conrad without damaging his relationship with his daughter, but gradually leading the two men to a position of mutual respect.[1]

The film's supporting cast also included Denis Drouin, Suzanne Langlois, Janine Sutto, Huguette Oligny, Juliette Huot, Fernand Gignac, Michel Noël, Jacques Famery, Jean Guida and Jean-Pierre Masson.

The film was not well-received by critics, with Robert-Claude Bérubé of the film journal Séquences writing that it had no plot progression, no intrigue and no hero.[2] All of the journal's critics rated the film "anémix" (anemic) on the magazine's rating scale of one to four Astérix.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Charles-Henri Ramond, "Pousse mais pousse égal – Film de Denis Héroux". Films du Québec, April 16, 2009.
  2. ^ Robert-Claude Bérubé, "Pouuse mais pousse égal". Séquences, Issue 80 (April 1975), p. 27.
  3. ^ "Les Astérix de Séquences". Séquences, Issue 80 (April 1975), p. 48.