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Moody Beach (film)
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'Moody Beach' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Richard Roy and released in 1990.Paul De Lean, "Mood wears thin in Quebec-made 'Beach'". 'Montreal Gazette', October 6, 1990. The film stars Michel Ct as Simon, a man in the throes of a midlife crisis who quits his job and undertakes a road trip to the United States after inheriting a beach house from his late mother, only to find Laurence (Claire Nebout), a young woman from France, squatting on the property.Rick Groen, "Film Review: Moody Beach". 'The Globe and Mail', December 21, 1990.
The film premiered at the 1990 Montreal World Film Festival.Noel Taylor, "Canadian movies rise to the top; Some cause for joy at Montreal festival". 'Ottawa Citizen', September 1, 1990. Its premiere attracted the longest ticket lineup of any film at the festival, which Noel Taylor of the 'Ottawa Citizen' attributed to the success of Ct's prior film 'Cruising Bar', but the film was only modestly successful in commercial release.Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/moody-beach-richard-roy/ "Moody Beach Film de Richard Roy"] . 'Films du Qubec', January 28, 2009.
The film was not favourably reviewed by critics. Taylor called it soporific and boring, dismissing it as a "pretentious melodrama",Noel Taylor, "Moody Beach is so laid back it's boring". 'Ottawa Citizen', March 26, 1991. while Rick Groen of 'The Globe and Mail' lambasted it, writing that it was "full of silence and fury, signifying . . . you guessed it - nada, zilch, rien. Or, at least, nothing that doesn't seem like so much pseudo-intellectual posturing on the head of a metaphysical pin. Yep, we got a brand new genre here: pin-head existentialism."
The film received three Genie Award nominations at the 12th Genie Awards in 1991, for Best Cinematography (Guy Dufaux), Best Overall Sound (Michel Descombes, Luc Boudrias, Jo Caron, Richard Besse) and Best Sound Editing (Jrme Dcarie, Marcel Pothier, Antoine Morin, Diane Boucher).Christopher Harris, "Black Robe leads race for Genies; Film community notes surprising omissions in list of nominees". 'The Globe and Mail', October 10, 1991.
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