Trouble-Maker (film)

Trouble-Maker
FrenchTrouble fête
Directed byPierre Patry
Written byPierre Patry
Jean-Claude Lord
Produced byJean Roy
Pierre Patry
Roger Blais
StarringLucien Hamelin
Louise Rémy
Jean Duceppe
Yves Létourneau
Gilbert Chénier
CinematographyJean Roy
Edited byLucien Marleau
Music byClaude Léveillée
Production
company
Coopératio
Release date
  • 1964 (1964)
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Trouble-Maker (French: Trouble fête) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Pierre Patry and released in 1964.[1]

The film stars Lucien Hamelin as Lucien, a student at a religious school who begins to rebel against the strict moral order of the Roman Catholic priests.[2]

It was made over 25 days on a shoestring budget,[1] and adapted some aspects of the direct cinema style of filmmaking.[1] The film is typically analyzed by critics as an allegory for the Quiet Revolution,[2] although its criticism of the Catholic church saw Patry threatened with excommunication.[3]

The film was a Canadian Film Award finalist for Best Motion Picture in 1964.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "1964 Revisited: The Sense of a Beginning". Film in Canada, 2006.
  2. ^ a b "Les curiosités du cinéma québécois: TROUBLE-FÊTE (1964)". La Presse, June 30, 2018.
  3. ^ "Film caused a stir in 1963". Sudbury Star, September 24, 2000.
  4. ^ "Porpoise Documentary Wins Top Canadian Award". The Globe and Mail, May 9, 1964.