Author: Patrice Robitaille

Edition: DVD

Format: NTSC

Release Date: 17-12-2002

Details: Product Description Québec-Montréal: 250 km of asphalt, nine thirty-something travelers, four cars, one destination. The journey becomes an opportunity to share points of view about life and discuss troubling questions about existence. Highway 20 forms the backdrop for the sometimes hilarious, sometimes complicated situations between three south-bound friends who discuss ideal love, the quest for romance between two ambiguous office colleagues, the appearance of passion from a picture perfect couple versus the daily-grind suffered by another young couple and their pending break-up. The two hours in the transit along the winding thoroughfare of love set a collision course for grating simultaneous reality-checks and deep reflections about where life has taken you and the roads that it will take you on in the future. Amazon.ca The gamble was risky: to take stock of the state of the Quebec couple in 2002. Ricardo Trogi, who had been very noticeable during his participation in La Course destination-monde, tackled such a challenge and managed to seduce the public and critics with his first feature film. Québec-Montréal won four Jutra awards, including best film, as well as three awards at the Namur Festival in Belgium, including the Golden Bayard for best screenplay and the Special Jury Prize. What could a charming couple in crisis, two colleagues in the midst of a flirtation, three friends going on vacation, and a sparkling pair with a Ken and Barbie look have in common? All in transit in their cars on Highway 20, the passengers pass the time by discussing romantic relationships and illustrate, through comic and cynical situations, various aspects of the relationships between men and women approaching their thirties. Taking advantage of the monotony of the trip that connects the capital to the metropolis, Trogi succeeds with a popular and accessible “road movie comedy,” although a bit superficial. If he relies on sometimes heavy stylistic effects, his film is spiced up with delectable (and at times very raw) dialogue. The rich and colorful characters are wonderfully played by young talents (Isabelle Blais, Julie LeBreton, Stéphane Breton, François Létourneau), brilliantly directed. Québec-Montréal is a generational film in the form of a trendy and dynamic stylistic exercise, which could have been better had it gained in finesse. --Helen Faradji Special Features In the Ditch (bloopers) Actors and Actresses Screenwriters' Commentary Track Photo Gallery Trailers

UPC: 065935144618

EAN: 0065935144618

Languages: English

Binding: DVD

Item Condition: New