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Montreal Stories

Montreal Stories

1991•2h 5m•4.7/10
ComedyDrama

Ratings

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4.7/10(10)

Six stories about Montreal. 1: A young housewife from Toronto samples the nightlife using basic French. 2: The tale of a painting of Montreal's first mayor, Jacques Viger. 3: During a hockey game, Madeleine tries to tell Roger she wants a divorce after forty years of marriage. 4: A visitor to a conference on pictographs arrives at the airport, where the female customs officer steals a momento from each person. 5: As she is being driven to the hospital in an ambulance after an auto accident, Sarah recalls her life. 6: At a diplomatic reception, an older woman reminisces about her grand love in Montreal.

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Production

Cinémaginaire, ONF | NFB, Atlantis Films

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Jacques Allard

Jacques Allard

Inspecteur des douanes

Denys Arcand

Denys Arcand

Denys Arcand

Barbara Arsenault

SOC

Nancy Arsenault

SOC

Philippe Ayoub

Français snob

Paule Baillargeon

Paule Baillargeon

La femme du consul

Michael Barnard

L'homme dans l'auto

Michel Barrette

Michel Barrette

Homme au journal

Claude Blanchard

Claude Blanchard

Quesnel

Domini Blythe

Domini Blythe

Vielle dame

Geneviève Brouillette

Geneviève Brouillette

Sylvie

Suzanne Champagne

Suzanne Champagne

Rachel

Jean-Pierre Chartrand

Jean-Pierre Chartrand

Amateur de vin

Maury Chaykin

Maury Chaykin

Jurgen van Doom

Hugolin Chevrette

Hugolin Chevrette

Le frère

Normand Chouinard

Normand Chouinard

Hamel

Daniel D'Amours

Daniel D'Amours

Enfant O'Malley

Maria del Mar

Maria del Mar

Invitée

Anne Dorval

Anne Dorval

Sarah

Martin Drainville

Martin Drainville

Desfossés

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