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'Two Women in Gold' is a Canadian sex comedy film, directed by Claude Fournier and released in 1970.[Gerald Pratley, 'A Century of Canadian Cinema'. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 227.] The film stars Monique Mercure and Louise Turcot as Fernande and Violette, two housewives in suburban Brossard, Quebec, who are trapped in unfulfilling marriages to husbands Yvon (Marcel Sabourin) and Bob (Donald Pilon), and deal with their frustrations by beginning to have casual sex with the delivery or repair men who come to their houses.[Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/deux-femmes-en-or-claude-fournier/ "Deux femmes en or Film de Claude Fournier"]. 'Films du Qubec', January 19, 2009.]
The cast also includes Jean-Vincent Fournier, Francine Morand, Yvon Deschamps, Donald Lautrec, Gilles Latulippe, Ral Bland, Janine Sutto, Paul Buissonneau, Jean Lapointe, Paul Berval, Georges Groulx and Raymond Lvesque, as well as activist Michel Chartrand in a small role as the judge who declares Fernande and Violette to be "femmes en or" at the conclusion of the film.
Although not immediately popular with critics, the film was a significant commercial success, making at least $2 million at the box office in its initial run.[ Its success was part of a wave of films that reignited the commercial viability of the Cinema of Quebec, following a number of fallow years in the late 1960s.][Malcolm Reid, "Quebec film makers look to the commercial". 'The Globe and Mail', August 7, 1970.] As of 2020, it was still recognized as one of the most commercially successful films in Quebec's cinematic history.[Andr Duchesne, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/2020-05-16/deux-femmes-en-or-au-dela-des-parties-de-fesses "Deux femmes en or: au-del des parties de fesses"]. 'La Presse', May 16, 2020.]
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