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YUL 871
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'YUL 871' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jacques Godbout and released in 1966.Gerald Pratley, 'A Century of Canadian Cinema'. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 246. The film stars Charles Denner as an unnamed Romanian Jewish engineer who is in Montreal on a business trip, although it centres primarily on his personal experiences during the trip, including his search for information about his parents who disappeared in Romania during World War II, and his brief love affair with a younger woman.
The film's cast also includes Andre Lachapelle, Paul Buissonneau, Francine Landry, Jean Duceppe, Jacques Desrosiers, Louise Marleau and Claude Prfontaine. Musical comedy duo Les Jrolas, consisting of Jrme Lemay and Jean Lapointe, also appear in the film performing songs.
The film's title refers to the engineer's flight to Montreal; YUL is the IATA code for what was then known as Montreal-Dorval International Airport.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74663855/ "First feature from Canada at festival"]. 'Ottawa Citizen', July 6, 1966. Godbout stated the film's positioning of the engineer as Jewish was to set up a parallel between the Jewish people's history of displacement and victimization and the status of the Qubcois people.Pearl Sheffy, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74665897/ "Some Tough Talk on Canada Films"]. 'Vancouver Sun', August 12, 1966.
The film premiered on July 12, 1966 at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, before its theatrical release in Quebec theatres in August.Jean-Guy Pilon, "Yul 871, un film qui donne voir". 'Libert', Vol, 8, No. 5-6 (Sep-Dec 1966). pp. 47-48. An English dub of the film was also later released.[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23649384/yul-871/ "English Version of YUL 871"]. 'Edmonton Journal', May 23, 1967. The French version was subsequently broadcast by Tlvision de Radio-Canada in 1969, and the English version was broadcast by the fledgling Global Television Network in 1974.Albert Ohayon, [https://blog.nfb.ca/blog/2011/06/01/yul-871-a-feature-film-for-the-1960s/?_gl=1%2A20wg4h%2A_ga%2AMTE0OTU1OTgwNy4xNjE2MDQzMDgy%2A_ga_EP6WV87GNV%2AMTYxNzA1MDA5NS4yLjAuMTYxNzA1MDA5NS4w "YUL 871: A Feature Film for the 1960s"]. National Film Board of Canada, June 1, 2011.
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