Nô
26/05/1998
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).
Movie Information
Anne-Marie Cadieux
as Sophie Maltais
Marie Gignac
as Patricia Hébert
Richard Fréchette
as Walter
Alexis Martin
as Michel
Éric Bernier
as François-Xavier
Marie Brassard
as Hanako
Patrice Godin
as René
Jean Antoine Charest
as Claude
Jules Philip
as Policier no 1
Tony Conte
as Policier no 2
Normand Bissonnette
as Buchanen
Ghislaine Vincent
as Madame Petypon
Jean Leloup
as Livreur
Walter T Cassidy
as Acteur de Nô
Ron Korb
as Flûtiste de Nô
Darren Hitoshi Miyasaki
as Musicien Nô
Gary Kiyoshi Nagata
as Musicien Nô
Jim Asano Akira
as Assistant Nô
Milton Tanaka
as Assistant Nô
Hitomi Asahata
as Assistant Nô
Yosh Tagushi
as Médecin
Michel Lee
as Étienne
Robert Bellefeuille
as Curé Feydeau
Lynda Beaulieu
as Madame Feydeau
Noriko Hisatomi
as Hôtesse à l'expo d'Osaka
Kathia Bassanoff
as Femme
Julie Shimotakahra
as Serveuse du restaurant
Nathalie D'Anjou
as Concierge
Denis Gaudreault
as Visiteur de l'appartement
Denis Lefebvre
as Visiteur de l'appartement
Abdul Aziz Rasuli
as Azis
Yoshihiro Shimazu
as Serveur du karaoke
France Larochelle
as Hôtesse du Québec
Marie-Anne Larochelle
as Hôtesse du Québec
Robert Norman
as Policier
Pierre Auger
as Voix
Sophie Faucher
as Voix
Manuel Foglia
as Voix
Pierre Drolet
as Voix
Jean Chrétien
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Knowlton Nash
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
