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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781565804487
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 1565804481
Label: Facets
Manufacturer: Facets
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Facets
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 24, 2005
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 142647
Studio: Facets
Theatrical Release Date: 1994
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Description: On the eve of her 18th birthday, Lea is dumped by her boxer boyfriend Reo. She turns to her mother, Lizette (France Castel), for comfort, only to discover that mom has run off with her sweetheart. Untouched by the family scandal, at least at first, is Lea's vastly overweight sister, Manon, who sublimates her obsessive love for celebrated author Chester Celine by stuffing herself with candy. Albert the Great, a hack hypnotist who works the cabaret at the seedy Oscar Motel, is drawn into the drama by Lea and her father, who believes he can win back his wife. The arrival of Chester Celine creates more emotional chaos when he runs into the arms of Lea in order to escape the clutches of Manon. A top-notch cast headlines director Andr Forcier's smart, surreal, and very funny look at dysfunctional families, relationships, and the mysteries of love.
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Strange French-Canadian musing on the vagaries of love starts interestingly but becomes bogged down in its own quirkiness and over-plotting before petering out with a whimper in an unsatisfactory conclusion.
Daughter Lea is in love with one of her father's boxer's, Reo. He, however, has spurned her in favor of Lea's mom. Lea's mom has left Lea's father Marcel for Reo and is now pregnant by him. That's good parenting, right? Lea's sister Manon, who is ... Read More
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This French Canadian production directed by André Forcier is a surrealistic satire exploring the nature of romantic love and dysfunctional family relationships. Lea (Sarah-Jeanne Salvy) is distraught when her boyfriend breaks off their relationship. However when she turns to her mother for solace she finds that her boyfriend has in fact dumped her for her mother. Her father tries to win back his wife with the aid of a hypnotist. Meanwhile, her chubby younger sister has a crush on a celebrated author ... Read More
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