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QUEBEC CINEMA CLUB Continuing in the tradition of the and remembering the good old days injuries cost him the confi-dence of his AATF Book Club and in preparation for when the catch was good, the fishermen team and the fans. In the face of these the annual convention in Montreal were proud, and life seemed a lot more doubts, Richard eventually shows the President Ann Sunderland has recom- magical. Then one day, a chance at kind of aggressive and skillful play that mended the establishment of a Quebec salvation: a small company wants to build would make him one of the greatest Cinema Club, whose objective is to bring a factory on the island, but only if a full- players of all time as «The Rocket». French teachers together through time doctor lives in St. Marie. The However, for all his success, Richard and viewing films throughout the year, situation seems hopeless until a young his fellow French Canadians face opening a window on the world of doctor in Montreal has an unfortunate constant discrimination in a league Quebec society through its cinema. incident with a traffic cop and finds dominated by English speakers. Throughout the next year we hope to himself on a boat to the faraway village. Although a man of few words, Richard view six films, perhaps in an on-line But how to convince handsome, young, begins to speak his own mind about the discussion forum but certainly culminat- urbane Dr. Lewis to stay in this dreary injustice which creates a organizational ing in a summary workshop at the annual little spot on the map? As it turns out, conflict that would culminate in his convention in Montreal. the answer lies in just a bit of seductive infamous 1955 season suspension that The films selected will offer insight on subterfuge—along with a tapped phone, sparks an ethnic riot in protest. In the face traditional and modern Quebec culture a hastily assembled cricket team, and of these challenges, Richard must decide and society, language issues, sovereignty, something called Festival de Beef for whom exactly he is playing. Written by as well as more universal themes such as Stroganoff. Written by Sujit R. Varma. La Kenneth Chisholm [kchishol@ employment, happiness, good vs. evil, Grande Séduction Bande annonce: rogers.com]. The Rocket Trailer: childhood and coming of age. All films [www.dailymotion.com/video/x8mri4_la- [www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkcFx1p4- except C.R.A.Z.Y. are suitable for showing grande-seduction-bande-annonce- Cg]. in high school classes. All include English f_shortfilms] 1981 Filmmaker Ricardo Trogi recalls subtitles and are easily obtainable Mon oncle Antoine French Canadian the events surrounding his family’s move through Archambault in Montreal director and actor Claude Jutra enjoyed to a new neighborhood when he was 11 [www.archambault.ca]. Many, if not all his greatest critical success with this years-old. (I.M.D.B.). Also: 1981 is a are also available through [Amazon.com evocative and loving (but unsentimen- charming little story that takes us on a or Amazon.ca]. tal) look at a few memorable days in the small trip through the director’s We will view five or six films: C.R.A.Z.Y., life of a boy on the verge of manhood in pubescent life during the school year of La Grande Séduction, Mon oncle Antoine, a small Quebec mining community in the ’81. The young, chubby and materialistic The Rocket: Maurice Richard. Our final 1940s. Benoit (Jacques Gagnon) is an Ricardo Trogi (pronounced Tro-Gee) has films, suitable in addition for middle orphan just edging into his teens. He moved to a new neighborhood and school audiences, will be 1981 and/or Un works part-time for Antoine (Jean school. His sister has an expensive été point ni coups sur. Duceppe), his uncle who owns the local mouth-retainer and a new cat that she Synopses of the film are included general store and moonlights as an can’t seem to find. Ricardo’s Dad is below and are taken from the Internet undertaker; Antoine takes the boy under struggling for permanent work but Movie Database: [www.imdb.com]. his wing for a few days while the shop is remains optimistic, while his mother is C.R.A.Z.Y. It’s a story of two love affairs. busy during the holiday rush… But the backbone of the family. Ricardo lies A father’s love for his five sons. And one when Benoit joins his uncle to collect the to his classmates about his acquisition of son’s love for his father, a love so strong it body of a boy who has recently died, he Playboys, he’s got a huge crush on a girl, compels him to live a lie. That son is Zac confronts mortality for the first time and he dwells on popularity...any of this Beaulieu, born on the 25th of December comes to realize what sort of a man his sounding familiar? Of course, it’s middle 1960, different from all his brothers, but uncle really is. Mon Oncle Antoine won school life! Author: Elijah C. Skuggs 1981 desperate to fit in. During the next 20 eight Génie Awards (the Canadian Oscar) Bande annonce: [www.vivafilm.com/fr/28/ years, life takes Zac on a surprising and and was honored at seven international details/display/12172/]. unexpected journey that ultimately leads film festivals, but it wasn’t until the film Un été sans point ni coups sur It’s the him to accept his true nature and, even was broadcast on Canadian television summer of ’69 and Martin is 12 years old more importantly, leads his father to love that it was widely seen in its home and dreams of making the neighbor- him for who he really is. A mystical fable country; since then, a poll of Canadian hood baseball team, emulating his new about a modern-day Christ-like figure, film writers named it the Best Canadian heroes, the Montreal Expos. When he C.R.A.Z.Y exudes the beauty, the poetry Film of all time in 1984, and similar polls gets cut, his father steps in and together and the madness of the human spirit in in 1994 and 2004 found Mon Oncle they spend a summer full of hope and all its contradictions. C.R.A.Z.Y. Bande Antoine still at the top of the list. Written disappointment, line drives and foul balls. annonce: [www.allocine. fr/video/ by Mark Deming, All Movie Guide. Mon A summer to remember for both of layer_gen_cmedia=18602783& oncle Antoine Trailer: [www. youtube.com/ them--and not only because a man cfilm=92604.html] watch?v=NPbAlXYtsYU]. walked on the moon. Site official du film: La Grande Séduction St. Marie-La- The Rocket: Maurice Richard In the late [www.unetesanspointnicoupsur.com]. Mauderne is a tiny fishing village in what 1930s, a young machinist named Maurice The moderator for the Cine club du some may call the middle of nowhere. Richard distinguished himself as an ice Québec will be David Graham, aka For eight years the locals have stood in hockey player of preternatural talent. Monsieur Québec: You can contact him line for weekly welfare checks, wearing Although that was enough to get him at [[email protected]]. patched sweaters and glum expressions, into the Montreal Canadiens, his frequent Vol. 36, No. 1 (September 2010) AATF Facebook at www.facebook.com/AATFrench 33.

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