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Robert Lepage directed this Canadian comedy, filmed in black and white and color and adapted from Lepage's play The Seven Branches of the River Ota. In October 1970, Montreal actress Sophie (Anne-Marie Cadieux) appears in a Feydeau farce at the Osaka World's Fair. Back in Montreal, her boyfriend Michel (Alexis Martin) watches the October Crisis on TV and sees Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau declare the War Measures Act. The Canadian Army patrols Montreal streets. Sophie learns she's pregnant and phones Michel. However, Michel is immersed in politics, while Sophie rejects the amorous advances of her co-star (Eric Bernier), becomes friendly with a blind translator, and passes an evening with frivolous Canadian embassy official Walter (Richard Frechette) and his wife Patricia (Marie Gignac). Meanwhile, in Montreal, Michael plots terrorist activities. Commenting on East-West cultural distinctions, the film intercuts between Quebec (in black and white) and Japan (in color).
Cast

Anne-Marie Cadieux
Sophie Maltais

Marie Gignac
Patricia Hébert

Richard Fréchette
Walter

Alexis Martin
Michel

Éric Bernier
François-Xavier

Marie Brassard
Hanako

Patrice Godin
René

Jean Antoine Charest
Claude

Jules Philip
Policier no 1

Tony Conte
Policier no 2

Normand Bissonnette
Buchanen

Ghislaine Vincent
Madame Petypon

Jean Leloup
Livreur

Walter T Cassidy
Acteur de Nô

Ron Korb
Flûtiste de Nô

Darren Hitoshi Miyasaki
Musicien Nô

Gary Kiyoshi Nagata
Musicien Nô

Jim Asano Akira
Assistant Nô

Milton Tanaka
Assistant Nô

Hitomi Asahata
Assistant Nô

Yosh Tagushi
Médecin

Michel Lee
Étienne

Robert Bellefeuille
Curé Feydeau

Lynda Beaulieu
Madame Feydeau

Noriko Hisatomi
Hôtesse à l'expo d'Osaka

Kathia Bassanoff
Femme

Julie Shimotakahra
Serveuse du restaurant

Nathalie D'Anjou
Concierge

Denis Gaudreault
Visiteur de l'appartement

Denis Lefebvre
Visiteur de l'appartement

Abdul Aziz Rasuli
Azis

Yoshihiro Shimazu
Serveur du karaoke

France Larochelle
Hôtesse du Québec

Marie-Anne Larochelle
Hôtesse du Québec

Robert Norman
Policier

Pierre Auger
Voix

Sophie Faucher
Voix

Manuel Foglia
Voix

Pierre Drolet
Voix

Jean Chrétien
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Knowlton Nash
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
