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7.0
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1h 25m
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1998
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Released
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).

Cast
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Anne-Marie Cadieux
Sophie Maltais
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Marie Gignac
Patricia Hébert
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Richard Fréchette
Walter
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Alexis Martin
Michel
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Éric Bernier
François-Xavier
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Marie Brassard
Hanako
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Patrice Godin
René
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Jean Antoine Charest
Claude
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Jules Philip
Policier no 1
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Tony Conte
Policier no 2
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Normand Bissonnette
Buchanen
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Ghislaine Vincent
Madame Petypon
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Jean Leloup
Livreur
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Walter T Cassidy
Acteur de Nô
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Ron Korb
Flûtiste de Nô
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Darren Hitoshi Miyasaki
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Gary Kiyoshi Nagata
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Jim Asano Akira
Assistant Nô
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Milton Tanaka
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Hitomi Asahata
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