An Imaginary Tale (1991)
In this tragicomedy, Toni is the director of a staged rendition of Othello in Montreal. It is a pet project of his, financed by his loving mafia uncle. Unbeknownst to him, the audiences are also rounded up (and paid) by the same uncle. Some of them have seen every performance of this tragic play, and are understandably bored, so when the backstage romantic shenanigans of the actors result in absurd situations onstage, the audience is delighted. There are a huge number of romantic situations going on in this film at the same time. One of them involves Gaston a somewhat world-weary jazz musician, and Florence, a glamorous middle-aged woman who has been pining for him for years. Another involves to members of the musician's jazz trio. Yet another involves the play's Desdemona, Soledad, the girlfriend of the man playing Othello, who can't keep his hands off his (female) dresser.
Cast
Jean LapointeGaston
Louise MarleauFlorence
Charlotte LaurierSoledad
Marc MessierLentaignes
Jean-François PichetteTibo
France CastelAlys
Tony NardiToni
Marc GélinasGros Pierre- WWarren 'Slim' WilliamsSlim
- LLéo MungerNicole
Angelo CadetTheodule- LLouise GagnonArlette
Denis BouchardAccordeur de piano
Donald PilonRolland- DDenys ParisCourtemanche
Patrice CoquereauCassio- MMarcel FournierRoger Gingras
- CCharlotte BernardOuvreuse
Crew
- Director
- André Forcier
- Producers
- Claudio LucaRobin Spry
- Cinematography
- Georges Dufaux
- Editing
- Aube FogliaFrançois Gill
Details
- Released
- May 26, 1991
- Language
- French
- Studio
- Les films telescene inc. (CA), Les Productions C.M. Luca (CA)
- IMDb
- tt0100847
