La cuisine rouge (1980)

On a wedding day, women are confined to the kitchen to prepare the meal while the men wait to be served. While men talk politics and sports, women talk about their condition. A teenager observes the gap between the sexes. Co-directed by two actresses, Paule Baillargeon and Frederique Collin, The Red Kitchen is the birth of the Quebec women's cinema. The birth of the film was difficult, and funding has been largely achieved through donations from friends and a benefit concert. This war of the sexes takes place in a demanding formal research, based on the improvisation of the actors, whose preparation took place over long sessions in the workshop. The end result mixes black humour, horror and a very expressive fantasy that gave rise to heated debates.

Updated Dec 24 2018

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Runtime: 82 mins Budget: $320 Rating: 0.0 Homepage: Website

Cast

Guy Thauvette

Thibault Frenette

Monique Mercure

La mère

Gilles Renaud

Le père

Pierre Curzi

Val Aimé

Ghyslain Tremblay

l'Indien

Jean-Pierre Saulnier

Armel

Claude Laroche

Marc Tremblay

Han Masson

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