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).
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Anne-Marie Cadieux Marie Gignac Richard Fréchette Alexis Martin Éric Bernier Marie Brassard Patrice Godin Jean Antoine Charest Jules Philip Tony Conte Normand Bissonnette Ghislaine Vincent Jean Leloup Walter T Cassidy Ron Korb Darren Hitoshi Miyasaki Gary Kiyoshi Nagata Jim Asano Akira Milton Tanaka Hitomi Asahata Yosh Tagushi Michel Lee Robert Bellefeuille Lynda Beaulieu Noriko Hisatomi Kathia Bassanoff Julie Shimotakahra Nathalie D'Anjou Denis Gaudreault Denis Lefebvre Abdul Aziz Rasuli Yoshihiro Shimazu France Larochelle Marie-Anne Larochelle Robert Norman Pierre Auger Sophie Faucher Manuel Foglia Pierre Drolet Jean Chrétien Knowlton Nash Pierre Elliott Trudeau
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