The Men (1971 film)
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French | Les Mâles |
Directed by | Gilles Carle |
Written by | Gilles Carle |
Produced by | Louise Ranger |
Starring | Donald Pilon René Blouin Andrée Pelletier |
Cinematography | René Verzier |
Edited by | Gilles Carle |
Music by | Stéphane Venne |
Production company | Onyx Films |
Distributed by | France Film |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
The Men (French: Les Mâles) is a Canadian crime comedy film, directed by Gilles Carle and released in 1971.[1] The film centres on Jean (Donald Pilon) and Émile (René Blouin), a lumberjack and a student who have been living off the grid in the wilderness, who decide that they need a woman to join them and head into town to look for one.[2] They resort to kidnapping Dolores (Katerine Mousseau), a prison guard who is the daughter of the village police chief, leading the villagers to mount a vigilante mob to capture Jean and Émile and bring them to justice.[3]
The film's cast also includes Andrée Pelletier and Guy L'Écuyer.
Martin Knelman of The Globe and Mail reviewed the film favourably, writing that "At his most brilliant, Carle achieves a form of comedy that's part Rabelaisian and part Keystone Kops, but just under the surface of slapstick raucousness there's a sense of desperation, of despair on the brink of violence and defeat. This double-sighted attitude is what gives Carle's movies their peculiar comic edge and their self-propelling energy."[3]
Reception
The film was seen by 302,950 people in France.[4]
References
- ^ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 143.
- ^ Jacques Siclier, "'Les Mâles', de Gilles Carle". Le Monde, May 20, 1972.
- ^ a b Martin Knelman, "Les Males: Carle's slapstick celebration of Quebec society". The Globe and Mail, June 17, 1972.
- ^ Marshall 2001, p. 85.
Works cited
- Marshall, Bill (2001). Quebec National Cinema. McGill–Queen's University Press. ISBN 0-7735-2103-8.
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