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Patricia and Jean-Baptiste
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'Patricia and Jean-Baptiste' is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Jean Pierre Lefebvre and released in 1968.Gerald Pratley, 'A Century of Canadian Cinema'. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 168. The film stars Lefebvre as Jean-Baptiste, a factory worker who is directed by his employer to take Patricia (Patricia Kaden-Lacroix), a woman who has recently immigrated from France to take a job as secretary at the factory, on a tour of Montreal, during which he both develops a romantic interest in Patricia and transforms his own dismissive view of the city.Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/patricia-et-jean-baptiste-jean-pierre-lefebvre/ "Patricia et Jean-Baptiste Film de Jean Pierre Lefebvre"]. 'Films du Qubec', April 10, 2009.
The film was partially inspired by, but not a literal retelling of, Lefebvre's own relationship with his wife, film producer and French immigrant Marguerite Duparc.Jay Scott, "Conquering Cannes: Canada's best filmmaker has good reason to smile". 'The Globe and Mail', 18 May 1984.
Lefebvre's 1984 film 'Le jour S...' revisited the story of Jean-Baptiste, following his divorce and his initiation of a relationship with a new woman. Unlike 'Patricia and Jean-Baptiste', however, Lefebvre did not play the role of Jean-Baptiste himself in the sequel, instead casting actor Pierre Curzi.
In 1990, the film was chosen as one of the 1960s representatives in Montreal travers trois dcennies de cinma qubcois, a retrospective program of films depicting Montreal, alongside the films ' tout prendre', 'The Cat in the Bag (Le chat dans le sac)', 'The Merry World of Leopold Z (La vie heureuse de Lopold Z)' and 'Between Salt and Sweet Water (Entre la mer et l'eau douce)'.Stan Shatenstein, "Film retrospective focuses on image Montrealers have of themselves and their city". 'Montreal Gazette', January 16, 1990.
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