Mon oncle antoine cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. Mon oncle antoine is highly regarded in canada, its country of origin. Mon oncle antoine 1971 stream and watch online moviefone. Claude jutra, marc beaudet, claude jutra, clement perron. Because her father does not want her beyond her money earning ability, carmen lives at the store with cecile and antoine. Capturing a time in quebec rarely seen in movies, mon oncle antoines. 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. My uncle is a 1958 comedy film by french filmmaker jacques tati. Every decade since 1984 the toronto international film festival has conducted a poll of film scholars, critics, and directors to determine the ten best movies in. Claude jutras lyrical masterpiece about the comingofage of a 15yearold boy in a small, economically depressed mining town is the most honored canadian film ever made. The key action in claude jutras mon oncle antoine 1971 takes place over a period of 24 hours in a quebec mining town. The film was selected as the canadian entry for the best. Mon oncle antoine 1971 is a drama, comedy movie starring jacques gagnon and lyne champagne. 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.
Mon oncle antoine, a 2007 documentary tracing the making and history of the film. An unfinished story, a 2002 documentary by paule baillargeon, featuring interviews with brault, director bernardo bertolucci, and actors genevieve bujold and saul rubinek. You can watch mon oncle antoine online on videoondemand services netflix, hbo now, paytv or movie theatres with original audio in french. It captures the small joys and the underlying despair of quebecois rural life in the 40s. 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. Although the film begins earlier in the year, everything comes to a focus beginning on the morning of christmas eve and closing on the dawn of christmas.
Jacques gagnon, olivette thibault, jean duceppe, lyne champagne. But quietly behind the scenes is the ever seeing benoit, cecile and antoines nephew who also works at the store and who in his pubescent state is in lust with carmen. The movie could take place in the 1940s, or it could take place now. 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. Mon oncle antoine won eight genie awards the canadian oscar and was honored. As andre loiselle notes in the essay he wrote for the new criterion dvd, the film routinely tops the toronto international.
Often chosen as the finest canadian film of all time, mon oncle antoine won eight canadian film awards, including best film, director and actor. 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. To make some extra money, antoine doubles as the towns undertaker. Consider a shot early in mon oncle, where the camera regards the outside of the building where tatis character, hulot, lives in a room on the roof. During the christmas shopping rush, benoit helps out at the store, learning a lot about himself in the process. 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. Read the mon oncle antoine movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. A favorite unconventional christmas movie huffpost.
With jacques gagnon, lyne champagne, jean duceppe, olivette thibault. Nevertheless, it is a remarkable piece of cinema which is as timeless as a rare work of art. Set at christmas time, the story is told from the point of view of a 15yearold boy coming of age in a mining town. The movie is like an innocent and naive child playing with the snow, yet in a process of maturity and realization when that turning point in our lives hits us as a bullet. Its the not too distant past in the working class eastern townships of quebec. Rent mon oncle antoine 1971 starring jacques gagnon and lyne champagne on dvd and bluray. Realized with an unflagging artistic vision, mon oncle antoine poetically portrays a young boys coming of age, vividly capturing the quebec mining town in which he lives. Sensitivity to character and sympathy for each persons flaws and virtues, is jutras greatest of many strengths as a storyteller. Jul 07, 2008 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. 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 uneven in places, and needs to be trimmed a tad, but overall provides a wonderful portrait of a young boys coming of age. This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 1971 movies 1971. In 1999 the quebec movie industry broke with torontobased genie awards to form its own awards, and named them after the director of mon oncle antoine, the jutras melnyk, 140.
On 23 december 2008, roger ebert put mon oncle antoine on his great movies list. Released 1971, mon oncle antoine stars jean duceppe, olivette thibault, jacques gagnon, claude jutra the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 50 min, and received a. Nov 28, 2012 the tone of mon oncle antoine is consistently nuanced and delicate. The tone of mon oncle antoine is consistently nuanced and delicate. 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. It seems at first to be two buildings, side by side, and hulot enters. Mon oncle antoine english version by claude jutra nfb. I counted only one flat character in the entire movie, that being a mine owner who appears on screen for all of 20 seconds. 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.
The result is a gentle, nostalgic, and deeply moving evocation of. Without commercial breaks, the full movie mon oncle antoine has a duration of 104 minutes. Movie details for mon oncle antoine 1971 mon oncle antoine 1971 country. Rent mon oncle antoine 1971 on dvd and bluray netflix. Mon oncle antoine original title not rated 1h 44min drama 12 november 1971 canada 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 is both contemporary and yearning for a time long past, demanding a change in the economic system even while celebrating a noble history. 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. Jutras tale is dreamy, awkward, nostalgic, and sexy, all words that. 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. Hailed as the best canadian film, mon oncle antoine is a very special film fully driven by character development and the freeflowing, lighthearted mood of a snowy environment. Mon oncle antoine my uncle antoine 1971 rotten tomatoes. Overview of mon oncle antoine, 1971, directed by claude jutra, with claude jutra, jacques gagnon, olivette thibault, at turner classic movies.
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. The film examines life in the maurice duplessisera asbestos region of rural quebec prior to the asbestos strike of 1949. Jutra filmed mon oncle antoine on location in the backwoods of quebec, using many of the local inhabitants. Claude jutras sweeping portrait of village life in 1940s quebec has been called one of the greatest canadian films of all time. Quebecois director claude jutra cowrote the screenplay with clement perron and directed what is one of the most acclaimed works in canadian film history. Mon oncle antoine a 2007 documentary tracing the making and history of the filmclaude jutra an unfinished story a 2002 documentary that attempts to unravel the jutra mystery. You can watch this full movie free with english or french subtitles on movie television channels, renting the dvd or with vod services video on demand player, hulu and ppv pay per view, netflix.
A poignant, starkly honest, but humane film, shot through with authenticity from beginning to end. Closeup of beno\u00eet from claude jutras film mon oncle antoine courtesy toronto international film festival group. It also seems to serve as an elegy for a way of life in decline, without recourse to a romantically constructed past. In the approach to christmas, much of the focus of the town is on the general store, owned and operated by antoine and cecile, the former who also acts as the towns undertaker. Deceptively simple, mon oncle antoine is nonetheless strikingly ambivalent. Set during one ominous christmas, mon oncle antoine is a holiday film unlike any other, and an authentically detailed illustration of childhoods twilight. New restored highdefinition digital transfer supervised and approved by director of photography michel braultonscreen.
Mon oncle antoine my uncle antoine national canadian. During that time, a young boy has had his life forever changed. Mon oncle antoine is director claude jutras masterpiece. 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. 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.
Quebecois director claude jutra cowrote the screenplay with. Mon oncle antoine is a 1971 national film board of canada french language drama film. All mon oncle antoine movie posters,high res movie posters image for mon oncle antoine. Jacques tati is the great philosophical tinkerer of comedy, taking meticulous care to arrange his films so that they unfold in a series of revelations and effortless delights. Antoine and his wife cecile own a general store that is the focus of business in the little town.
Released 1971, mon oncle antoine stars jean duceppe, olivette thibault, jacques gagnon, claude jutra the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 50 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Claude jutras mon oncle antoine 1971 is one of the most highly regarded canadian films of alltime, a critical assessment which has not waned over the years. 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. In 1997 mon oncle antoine was commemorated on a postage stamp honoring canadian cinema. Aug, 2008 mon oncle antoine is highly regarded in canada, its country of origin. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. French canadian director and actor claude jutra enjoyed his. In and of itself, this compellingly understated chronicle of a boys loss of innocence on christmas eve can account for much of the films critical success. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing mon oncle antoine near you.