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The Wind from Wyoming
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'The Wind from Wyoming' is a Canadian black comedy film, directed by Andr Forcier and released in 1994."Le Vent du Wyoming blows in with emotional-knockout power". 'Montreal Gazette', August 28, 1994.
The film centres on a dysfunctional family whose efforts at finding and keeping love become tangled up with a stage hypnotist performing at the local hotel."'Reality doesn't interest me at all': Filmmaker Andre Forcier's work Le vent du Wyoming is up for the grand prize at Montreal's World Film Festival - now, he says, if only people will come to see it". 'The Globe and Mail', August 27, 1994. Daughter La (Sarah-Jeanne Salvy) is in unrequited love with Reo (Martin Randez), a boxer who has instead entered a relationship with her mother Lizette (France Castel), while her sister Manon (Cline Bonnier) has a crush on Chester Celine (Franois Cruzet), a writer she has never met, and her father Marcel (Michel Ct) remains hurt by Lizette's betrayal of him. They all enlist Albert the Great (Marc Messier) to hypnotize their respective love interests, but the effort backfires and forces them to deal with unintended consequences.
The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival in 1994,"Eighteenth annual filmfest looks like the strongest yet; Over 300 films from 60 countries". 'Montreal Gazette', August 10, 1994. winning the award for Best Canadian Film and the International Critics Prize."List of 1994 World Film Festival award winners". 'Montreal Gazette', September 6, 1994. Forcier was shortlisted for Best Director at the 15th Genie Awards,"The Genie nominees". 'Kingston Whig-Standard', October 20, 1994. At the Rendez-vous du cinma qubcois in 1995, Forcier won Best Screenplay and Salvy won the Revelation of the Year award for emerging performers;"Octobre takes $5,000 top prize at Rendez-Vous". 'Montreal Gazette', February 14, 1995. the film was also a nominee for Best Picture, but did not win."And then there were six; Rendez-Vous du Cinema Quebecois narrows field for top prize". 'Montreal Gazette', January 25, 1995.
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