No Movie Review 1998

Based on a segment of writer-director Lepage's play "The Seven Branches of the River Ota," which juxtaposes events at the 1970 World's Fair in Osaka, Japan with an infamous event in Canadian history, as separatist terrorists in Quebec kidnap a British diplomat and a Quebec cabinet minister. Montreal actress Sophie (Cadieux) is performing in Osaka while her boyfriend Michel (Martin) is back home watching the political upheaval on TV. Sophie has a number of personal crises to contend with, while Michel gets so wrapped up in politics he contemplates taking radical actions of his own. The cultural and political differences won't necessarily travel well outside French-speaking Canada.

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Available on VHS
Running time 85 minutes.
Originally from Canadian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Canada, Japan, Adapted from a Play, Politics, Terrorism, Kidnapped!, Stagestruck, Period Piece: 1970s

Screenplay

Robert Lepage, Andre Morency

Cast

Anne-Marie Cadieux, Alexis Martin, Marie Brassard, Richard Frechette, Marie Gignac, Eric Bernier

Cinematography

Pierre Mignot

Director

Robert Lepage

Music

Michael F. Cote, Bernard Falaise

Producer

Bruno Jobin

Awards

Toronto-City 1998: Canadian Feature Film.