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28 August 1983 (Canada) morePlot:
In the early 1940's, Canada is a country at war and Florentine is a young woman, from a very poor family... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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1 win & 4 nominations moreUser Comments:
A family's distressful life moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Mireille Deyglun | ... | Florentine Lacasse |
| Pierre Chagnon | ... | Jean |
| Michel Forget | ... | Azarius Lacasse |
 | Marilyn Lightstone | ... | Rose-Anna Lacasse |
| Charlotte Laurier | ... | Yvonne |
| Thuryn Pranke | ... | Philippe |
| Thomas Hellman | ... | Daniel |
| Martin Neufeld | ... | Emmanuel |
| Linda Sorgini | ... | Marguerite |
| Dennis O'Connor | ... | Phil Morin |
| Howard Ryshpan | ... | Docteur Katz |
| Liliane Clune | ... | Jenny |
| Janou Saint-Denis | ... | Concierge |
| Francine Ruel | ... | Voisine |
| Jacqueline Barrette | ... | Voisine |
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The story is set as the war starts to rage in Europe. It follows years of depression in Montreal. Life is miserable in working class neighborhood like Saint-Henri. Some aspire to something better, maybe even a life at the other end of the city, Westmount, where rich people live. It's a great story by Gabrielle Roy, but not a great film by Claude Fournier. The movie wants to be a tear-jerker, but except with a few scenes, fails to be. The acting is mediocre. Some lines seem to be delivered by high-school drama students. All the actors in this movie have had better performances. And the director seems to pay little attention to details: it's always the same streetcar (#200) and it's always going by right when you need it. For all those reasons, "Bonheur d'occasion" is not a memorable film, even if it had the potential to be.
Seen at home, in Toronto, on January 9th, 2005. I first saw it in a French class while in high school, in Hearst (Ontario), about 15 years ago.
69/100 (**)