Continental, un film sans fusil (2007)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.1/10   

Réalisateur:

Stéphane Lafleur

Scénariste:

Stéphane Lafleur (writer)

Genre:

Comedie | Drame

Plot:

The lives of four people intertwine after the disappearance of a man who wanders into the forest.

Awards:

5 wins & 9 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Having fun where the buses don't run

Ensemble

Marie-Ginette Guay	...	Lucette Simoneau
Gilbert Sicotte	...	Marcel Beaudoin
Fanny Mallette	...	Chantal Lefebvre
Réal Bossé	...	Louis Girard
Pauline Martin	...	Nicole
Marie Brassard	...	Diane
Denis Houle	...	Denis
Gary Boudreault	...	Policier
Dominique Quesnel	...	Femme de chambre
Daniel Desputeau	...	Dentiste
Robert Reynaert	...	Paul Simoneau
Marika Lhoumeau	...	Jeune mère
Jocelyne Zucco	...	Conseillère financière
Bonfield Marcoux	...	Directeur des ressources humaines
Madeleine Péloquin	...	Caissière pharmacie

Autre(s) titre(s):

Continental, a Film Without Guns (Canada: English title)

Durée:

103 min | Canada:103 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Pays:

Canada

Langue:

Anglais | Français

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Classification:

USA:G | Canada:G

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Laval, Québec, Canada

Company:

micro_scope

Having fun where the buses don't run

Black-haired, big-eyed, lithe-limbed, soft-spoken and kind at heart: Chantal is all a world-weary road warrior might be looking for and more. Pardon my agitation, but I just fell totally in love with Fanny Mallette, the French-Canadian actress who plays Chantal, the night-shift receptionist at the roadside hotel that is the quiet center of "Continental". But worry not: she is only one of many attractions in this melancholic movie. Outrageously sad and strange as the events we witness may seem, in total they ring surprisingly true and closely resemble that greatest miracle of all: so-called real life. There is very little dialog, but you don't really miss it. Rookie director Stéphane Lafleur is so good at setting the mood with lights, camera, and action that his script works almost without words. I keep wondering though whether the eerie sound that marks both the beginning and the end of this episodic film is a ring tone imitating a night owl, or a night owl imitating a ring tone.