Cosmos (1996)

Through an immigrant cab driver, our world collides with a nervous filmmaker, a lawyer whose new breasts her ex-boyfriend wants to see, a mystery man, a gay man who might or might not have ... See full summary »

Directors:

Jennifer Alleyn, Manon Briand,

Writers:

Marie-Julie Dallaire (segment), Sebastien Joannette (segment),

Stars:

Carl Alacchi, Audrey Benoit, France Castel

3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Carl Alacchi
Audrey Benoit	...	TV Personality
France Castel
Pascal Contamine	...	Joël
Stéphane Crête
Micheline Dahlander
Normand Daneau	...	Collin
Stéphane Demers	...	Gilles Ouellette
Pascale Desrochers	...	Une guichetière
André Forcier
Eve Gadouas
Gabriel Gascon	...	Crépuscule
Patricia Groleau
Elise Guilbault	...	Propriétaire
Marjolaine Huard

Storyline

Through an immigrant cab driver, our world collides with a nervous filmmaker, a lawyer whose new breasts her ex-boyfriend wants to see, a mystery man, a gay man who might or might not have AIDS, and a birthday girl who got stood up. It is a mixture of laughter and sadness, all floating on a sea of philosophy.

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Plot Keywords:

taxi driver | gay interest | breast enlargement | independent film

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

French English

Release Date:

3 April 1998 (Italy)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Max Films Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Color:

Black and White

User Reviews

Six short stories unwrap in a black and white Montreal

COSMOS is the prototype of an art-house film. Cerebral, full of nuances, this Canadian film (in Quebecois with English subtitles) shows us bits of Montreal's "cosmos". Developed through sixsomewhat related vignettes, four of them involve a Greek taxi driver (apparently inspiring the film's title). The beautiful black and white cinematography sets just the right tone for these slice of life depictions. I definitely recommended it for "art-house cinema" aficionados.