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Nô (1998)

Directed by Robert Lepage

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).

Length 85 minutes

Actors

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