BBB.5
(out of 5)
Wonderful film about the turbulent moment in history when the Fronte du Liberation Quebec took over Montreal, forcing Pierre Trudeau to send in the Canadian army to keep the peace. Anne-Marie Cadieux plays a theatre actress who escapes the bedlam for a while by performing in a play during the Japanese World Exposition and, while there, befriends political liaisons. Her boyfriend, meanwhile, is a guerilla fighter back home keeping residents of Montreal in constant terror. The title is a pun on both Quebec’s feeling to the endless referendum regarding its political fate, and the elegant style of Noh Theatre that the characters experience while visiting Japan.
Directed by Robert Lepage
Screenplay by Robert Lepage, Andre Morency
Cinematography by Pierre Mignot
Produced by Bruno Jobin
Music by Michel F. Cote, Bernard Falaise
Costume Design by Marie-Chantale Vaillancourt
Film Editing by Aube Foglia
Film Festivals: TIFF 1998
Cast Tags: Abdul Aziz Rasuli, Alexis Martin, Anne Larochelle, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Darren Hitoshi Miyasaki, Denis Gaudreault, Denis Lefebvre, Eric Bernier, France Larochelle,Gary Kiyoshi Nagata, Ghislaine Vincent, Hitomi Asahata, Jean Charest, Jean Leloup, Jim Asano Akira, Jules Philip, Julie Shimotakahra, Katia Bassanoff, Lynda Beaulieu, Manuel Foglia, Marie Brassard, Marie Gignac, Michel Lee, Milton Tanaka, Nathalie D’Anjou, Noriko Hisatomi, Normand Bissonnette, Patrice Godin, Pierre Auger, Pierre Drolet, Richard Fréchette, Robert Bellefeuille, Robert Norman, Ron Korb, Sophie Faucher, Tony Conte, Walter T. Cassidy, Yosh Tagushi, Yoshihiro Shimazu
Canadian Screen Award (Genie Award) Nominations
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Anne-Marie Cadieux)
Best Screenplay
Best Achievement in Costume Design
Toronto Film Critics Award Nomination
Best Canadian Film
