The Merry World of Léopold Z

19651 h 8 min 33 secFilm: Fiction, Feature-length fiction

G

Direction: Gilles Carle

Production: Jacques Bobet

Script: Gilles Carle

Christmas Eve in Montréal and, in the midst of the worst blizzard of the year, a man performs that mundane miracle of pleasing everyone, even himself. In this feature film Léopold emerges as the happy-go-lucky type who procrastinates, but for whom everything falls neatly into place. In the midst of a storm, with a snowplow to operate, a boss to please, a New York cousin to meet at the station, and a fur coat to buy for his wife, Léopold does the impossible by doing it all. In the end he even manages to get to midnight Mass, with a conscience almost as clear as the streets he has plowed.

Subject categories


  • Families > Family LifeFamily-Work Reconciliation
  • Ethics and Religious Culture > Ethical Values
  • Family Studies/Home Economics > Family Diversity and Challenges
  • History and Citizenship Education > Modernization of Quebec Society (1929-1980)
  • Geography > Territory: Urban

Credits


director
Gilles Carle
script
Gilles Carle
executive producer
Jacques Bobet
photography
Jean-Claude Labrecque
sound
Joseph Champagne
editing
Werner Nold
sound editing
Bernard Bordeleau
re-recording
Ron Alexander
Roger Lamoureux
narrator
Albert Millaire
music
Paul de Margerie
cast
André Gagnon
Paul Hébert
Monique Joly
Guy L'Écuyer
Gilles Latulippe
Jacques Poulin
Suzanne Valéry
Bernard Lapierre

Awards


  • First Prize - Category: Feature FilmsFestival of Canadian Films - Montreal International Film Festival
  • Diploma of HonourInternational Film Festival