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Mon Oncle Antoine

Original title: Mon oncle Antoine
  • 19711971
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 44m
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Jacques Gagnon in Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)
Drama
Set in cold rural Quebec at Christmas time, we follow the coming of age of a young boy and the life of his family which owns the town's general store and undertaking business.Set in cold rural Quebec at Christmas time, we follow the coming of age of a young boy and the life of his family which owns the town's general store and undertaking business.Set in cold rural Quebec at Christmas time, we follow the coming of age of a young boy and the life of his family which owns the town's general store and undertaking business.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
3K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
53,932
801
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    • Director
      • Claude Jutra
    • Writers
      • Claude Jutra(adaptation)
      • Clément Perron(adaptation)
    • Stars
      • Jacques Gagnon
      • Lyne Champagne
      • Jean Duceppe
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Claude Jutra
    • Writers
      • Claude Jutra(adaptation)
      • Clément Perron(adaptation)
    • Stars
      • Jacques Gagnon
      • Lyne Champagne
      • Jean Duceppe
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    • 33User reviews
    • 30Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 2 nominations

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    Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)
    Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)
    Jean Duceppe, Claude Jutra, and Olivette Thibault in Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)
    Jean Duceppe and Jacques Gagnon in Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)
    Lyne Champagne in Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)
    Hélène Loiselle and Lionel Villeneuve in Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)
    Jacques Gagnon in Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)
    Monique Mercure and Olivette Thibault in Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)
    Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)
    Jacques Gagnon in Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)
    Jean Duceppe and Jacques Gagnon in Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)
    Claude Jutra in Mon Oncle Antoine (1971)

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    Jacques Gagnon
    Jacques Gagnon
    • Benoit
    Lyne Champagne
    • Carmen
    Jean Duceppe
    Jean Duceppe
    • Uncle Antoine
    Olivette Thibault
    Olivette Thibault
    • Aunt Cécile
    Claude Jutra
    Claude Jutra
    • Fernand, Clerk
    Lionel Villeneuve
    Lionel Villeneuve
    • Jos Poulin
    Hélène Loiselle
    Hélène Loiselle
    • Madame Poulin
    Mario Dubuc
    • Poulin's son
    Lise Brunelle
    • Poulin's daughter
    Alain Legendre
    • Poulin's son
    Robin Marcoux
    • Poulin's son
    Serge Evers
    • Poulin's son
    Monique Mercure
    Monique Mercure
    • Alexandrine
    Georges Alexander
    • The Big Boss
    Rene Salvatore Catta
    • The Vicar
    Jean Dubost
    • The Foreman
    Benoît Marcoux
    • Carmen's Father
    Dominique Joly
    • Maurice
    • Director
      • Claude Jutra
    • Writers
      • Claude Jutra(adaptation)
      • Clément Perron(adaptation) (original story)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      The film is included on Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list.
    • Quotes

      Benoit: [Benoit and his uncle Antoine try to recover a casket that has fallen off their sleigh. Antoine is in a drunken state] Don't let go!

      Uncle Antoine: I can't, Benoit. Sometimes you just can't.

      Benoit: Yes, you can! My arm's in a cast and I can do it. We're almost there. Don't give up. You can do it.

      Uncle Antoine: [Dejectedly, and in a drunken stupor] What am I doing here, Benoit? I'm not happy. I'm not made for the country. I hate it here. I wanted to buy a hotel in the States. Your aunt wouldn't let me. She says no to everything. I'm afraid of corpses. I've been afraid of corpses for 30 years! I work for everybody. Your aunt never gave me a child. I have to take care of other peoples' children. I raise Carmen and you. Haven't I done all I could for you?

      Benoit: Drunkard.

      [Uncle Antoine breaks down, sobbing. Benoit looks at him with contempt]

      Benoit: Drunkard!

      [Sobbing continues]

    • Crazy credits
      The actor who plays the Big Boss is billed as Georges Alexander in the original French language version, but as George Alexander in the dubbed English version.
    • Connections
      Edited into 50 ans (1989)

    User reviews33

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    Life in 1940's Quebec
    This film has consistently been voted as the greatest Canadian film ever made in various critics polls over the years. Revered New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael hailed it as a small masterpiece upon original release but it is the sort of slow, intimate, character-based drama that has never achieved the sort of wide appeal (outside of Canada) that more plot focused films have. Watching some of the supplementary material on the Criterion Collection disc, it is also clear that there are many cultural references in the film that will mean more to a Canadian (particularly a French Canadian) than to other viewers.

    The film meanders amiably along, capturing in unhurried pace the life of rural 1940's Quebec, in this case an asbestos mining town. The main characters are Benoit, an orphaned boy, the local undertaker Antoine and his assistant Fernand played by the director himself Claude Jutra. Eventually the film reaches its big set-piece, a long, extended night sequence where Benoit and Antoine (covered in furs) must traverse the icy, snow covered landscape via sled to retrieve the body of a boy who has died at a farmhouse.

    The director was hailed as the new savior of Canadian cinema at the time of release, but unfortunately never achieved the level of success later on that he did with this film. He mysteriously disappeared one winter and his body was discovered the following spring after the ice had thawed...a simple note attached, "My name is Claude Jutra".
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    • Release date
      • November 12, 1971 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Official site
      • -The original film
    • Languages
      • French
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Mein Onkel Antoine
    • Filming locations
      • Thetford Mines, Québec, Canada
    • Production company
      • National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
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    • Budget
      • CA$750,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 44 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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