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Montreal Stories
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Wikipedia article
'Montreal Stories' , also titled 'Montreal Sextet' in some releases, is a Canadian drama film, released in 1991 as an homage to the city of Montreal, Quebec on the occasion of its 350th anniversary.[http://tiff.net/CANADIANFILMENCYCLOPEDIA/content/films/montreal-vu-par 'Montral vu par ...'] at Toronto International Film Festival's Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Written and directed by Denys Arcand, Michel Brault, Atom Egoyan, Jacques Leduc, La Pool and Patricia Rozema, the film is an anthology of six short films, one by each of the credited directors.
Cast
Actors appearing in the films include Denys Arcand, Philippe Ayoub, Paule Baillargeon, Michel Barrette, Claude Blanchard, Domini Blythe, Genevive Brouillette, Maury Chaykin, Anne Dorval, Rmy Girard, lise Guilbault, Yves Jacques, Arsine Khanjian, Alexandrine Latendresse, Charlotte Laurier, Vronique Le Flaguais, Robert Lepage, Maria del Mar, Sheila McCarthy, Monique Mercure, Jean-Louis Millette, Guylaine St-Onge, Raoul Trujillo, Suzanne Champagne, John Gilbert and Guillermo Verdecchia.
Segments
*"Desperanto" (Rozema) A young housewife from Toronto (Sheila McCarthy) explores Montreal's nightlife.
*"La Toile du temps" (Leduc) The history of a painting of former Montreal mayor Jacques Viger.
*"La Dernire partie" (Brault) Madeleine (Hlne Loiselle) tries to tell Roger (Jean Mathieu) she wants a divorce after forty years of marriage.
*"En passant" (Egoyan) A visitor to a conference arrives at the airport.
*"Rispondetemi" (Pool) En route to the hospital in an ambulance after a car accident, Sarah (Anne Dorval) recalls her life.
*"Vue d'ailleurs" (Arcand) At a diplomatic reception, an older woman (Domini Blythe) reminisces about a love affair in Montreal in 1967.
See also
*'The Memories of Angels', a collage film about Montreal
*'Cosmos', a 1996 film which assigned the same premise to six young emerging directors
References
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