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Backyard Theatre
197327 min 8 secFilm: Documentary
Production: Jean-V. DufresneIan McLaren
Playwright Michel Tremblay and director André Brassard have a talent for capturing the earthy wit and joual (slang) of Montréal's east-end working-class neighbourhood, rendering them into live theatre described by some critics as 'outrageously funny.' Both their vision and their style have had an important influence on other Québec artists. We experience Les belles-soeurs and Demain matin, Montréal m'attend, as well as an impromptu bit of playacting by the cast of the two plays.
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- Literature and Language - Canada > French-language WritersPortraitsQuebec Literature
- Theater > Portraits
- Literature and Language > Portraits
Credits
- producer
- Jean-V. Dufresne
- Ian McLaren
- photography
- Jean-Pierre Lachapelle
- sound
- Claude Lefebvre
- Jean-Guy Normandin
- sound editing
- André Galbrand
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- participation
- Ève Gagnier
- Amulette Garneau
- Mireille Lachance
- Monique Mercure
- Denise Morelle
- Denise Filiatrault
- Louise Forestier
- Claude Gai
- Odette Gagnon
- André Montmorency
- Normand Morin
- Michel Tremblay
- André Brassard