Like many good films, mon oncle antoine combines a wellknown narrative type with a particularized setting. The film can be looked at, interpreted, and appreciated from a handful of perspectives socialpolitical, cultural, aestheticstylistic, historical and. Mon oncle antoine 1971 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Realized with an unflagging artistic vision, mon oncle antoine. Antoine and his wife cecile own a general store that is the focus of business in the little town. Streamcloud mon oncle antoine 1971 deutsch stream german. Mon oncle antoine 1971 movie clip the priest is waiting.
Mon oncle antoine won eight genie awards the canadian oscar and was honored at seven international film festivals, but it wasnt until the film was broadcast on canadian television that it was widely seen in its home country. Mon oncle antoine by claude jutra, helene loiselle. Jutras tale is dreamy, awkward, nostalgic, and sexy, all words that could be. Claude jutras evocative portrait of a boys coming of age in wintry 1940s rural quebec has been consistently cited by critics and scholars as the greatest canadian film of all time. The film is set at christmastime in a remote village in quebec, the main adornment of which is the mountainous pile of dirt leavings or whatever theyre called at an asbestos mine. Mon oncle antoine aka my uncle antoine 1971 set in cold rural quebec at christmas time, we follow the coming of age of a young boy and the life of his family which owns the towns general store and undertaking business. Benoit jacques gagnon is an adolescent in the care of his uncle, antoine jean duceppe, who runs a general store in a small mining town in quebec. The town is dominated by the local asbestos company. Mon oncle antoine 1971 film complet en francais film. Delicate, naturalistic, and tinged with a striking mix of nostalgia and menace, mon oncle antoine. The key action in claude jutras mon oncle antoine 1971 takes place over a period of 24 hours in a quebec mining town. During the christmas shopping rush, benoit helps out at the store, learning a lot about himself in the process.
With jacques gagnon, lyne champagne, jean duceppe, olivette thibault. Set in cold rural quebec at christmas time, we follow the coming of age of a young boy and the life of his family which owns the towns general store and undertaking business. Mon oncle antoine earned praise from critics both at home and abroad, pauline kael even comparing jutras presence onscreen to renoirs in the rules of the game 1939. Young benoit jacques gagnon is the acolyte guarding the door as his uncle antoine jean duceppe and aide fernand director claude jutra proceed with undertaking, in mon oncle antoine, 1971 view the tcmdb entry for mon oncle antoine 1971. Mon oncle is amusing, full of french charm, vivaciousness, and absurdity. Recalling a time when the local general store was the crossroads of life, the film illustrates the way a young boy sees the world and those closest to him first through the eyes of a teenager, and later, as events change him, through the eyes of an adult. Mon oncle antoine 1971 is a drama, comedy movie starring jacques gagnon and lyne champagne. A poignant, starkly honest, but humane film, shot through with authenticity from beginning to end.
Drama claude jutras evocative portrait of a boys coming of age in wintry 1940s rural quebec has been consistently cited by critics and scholars as the greatest canadian film of all time. Realized with an unflagging artistic vision, mon oncle antoine poetically portrays a young boys coming of age, vividly capturing the 1940s quebec mining town in which he lives. Some shots and sequences are very well set up, it is like watching a painting come to life. Recalling a time when the local general store was the crossroads of. Mon oncle antoine is set in a cold, rural town in quebec around christmas c. The first of tatis films to be released in colour, mon oncle won the academy award for best foreign language film, a special prize at the 1958 cannes film festival, and the new york film critics circle award for best foreign language film, receiving more honors than any of tatis. Mon oncle antoine 1971 cast and crew benoit jacques gagnon is an adolescent in the care of his uncle, antoine jean duceppe, who runs a general store in a small mining town in quebec. Mon oncle antoine my uncle antoine 1971 rotten tomatoes. In and of itself, this compellingly understated chronicle of a boys loss of innocence on christmas eve can account for much of. Mon oncle antoine 1971 my uncle antoine the criterion. The apprenticeship narrative is a type of comingofage. To make some extra money, antoine doubles as the towns undertaker.
During that time, a young boy has had his life forever changed. We only see the town in winter when there is a lot of snow and cold. Canadian filmmaker claude jutras most wellknown film mon oncle antoine has the narrative directness and emotional clarity of a robert frost poem a final act involving the botched retrieval of a corpse in a heavy snowfall is the films real achievement, its best showcase for jutras ability to uncover great nuance without any tendency. My uncle is a 1958 comedy film by french filmmaker jacques tati. Mon oncle antoine english version by claude jutra nfb. Orphaned 14yearold benoit comes to live with a foster family in a canadian mining village in the 1940s his aunt. Jacques gagnon, and his relationship to his uncle antoine jean duceppe and his aunt cecile olivette thibault, who run a general store in a small rural town in french quebec.
Michel brault, the films cinematographer, supervised and approved the transfer, and the results are beautiful, with braults camerawork achieving a. An orphan jacques gagnon learns from his aunt and uncle one christmas eve in 1940s quebec. Jacques tatis mon oncle 1958 original french video. Staring lyne champagne, jean duceppe and jacques gagnon. Mon oncle antoine 1971 benoit jacques gagnon is an adolescent in the care of his uncle, antoine jean duceppe, who runs a general store in a small mining town in quebec. Mon oncle antoine 1971 considering the number of acclaimed productions by englishspeaking canadians like atom egoyan, david cronenberg, and guy maddin, its interesting that the most celebrated of all canadian pictures hails from the frenchspeaking province of quebec, has little spectacle or high emotion, and doesnt boast wellknown stars. Mon oncle antoine 1971 mon poboner nao shahnaz shanta niloy sallha nadia bangla new song 2018 monpura multimedi. Director claude jutras 1971 period piece mon oncle antoine is a cinematic pseudomemoir that fits snuggly in the category with films like fellinis amarcord or hallstroms my life as a dog in that its evocative of a certain time while also capturing the specificity of being a young man of that time. Mon oncle antoine is a 1971 canadian film directed and cowritten by claude jutra, and produced by the national film board of canada it is set in a mining town in rural quebec and thus is in the french language sometime around the 1940s. Mon oncle antoine has been transferred to disc in its preferred widescreen aspect ratio of 1. Recalling a time when the local general store was the crossroads of life.
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