Montreal Blues

Montreal Blues
Directed byPascal Gélinas
Written byPascal Gélinas
Raymond Cloutier
Claude Laroche
Produced byJean Dansereau
StarringPaule Baillargeon
Jocelyn Bérubé
Raymond Cloutier
Suzanne Garceau
Claude Laroche
Guy Thauvette
CinematographyAllen Smith
Edited byPascal Gélinas
Music byLouis Baillargeon
Production
company
Les Ateliers du cinéma québécois
Distributed byFrance Film
Release date
Running time
100 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Montreal Blues is a Canadian improvisational drama film, directed by Pascal Gélinas and released in 1972.[1] Created in collaboration with the Grand Cirque ordinaire, a Montreal theatre troupe active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the film centres on a group of young people living in a housing commune, who decide to open a health food restaurant together.[2]

The core roles were portrayed by troupe members Paule Baillargeon, Jocelyn Bérubé, Raymond Cloutier, Suzanne Garceau, Claude Laroche and Guy Thauvette, with Ginette Anfousse, Francine Lapan, Gilbert Sicotte, Josée Yvon and Mylène Demongeot in supporting roles.[3]

It was the troupe's second film following 1971's The Great Ordinary Movie (Le Grand Film ordinaire).[2]

The film was submitted to the 24th Canadian Film Awards in 1972.[4]

References

  1. ^ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 146.
  2. ^ a b Peter Morris, "Montréal Blues". Canadian Film Encyclopedia.
  3. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Montréal Blues – Film de Pascal Gélinas". Films du Québec, March 18, 2009.
  4. ^ Les Wedman, "Etrog our Oscar". Vancouver Sun, October 6, 1972.


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