La Dame aux Camélias, la vraie

The film was produced and directed by Gratien Gélinas, who also plays the lead role of Fridolin, and who also wrote the screenplay. It is of course a parody of the novel by Alexandre Dumas fils, La dame aux camélias . As the press noted in 1942: “…the work is a real revenge of Quebec popular culture on French classical culture” or even “ Fridolin sticks his tongue out at France!”. The film is like a bomb. We must not forget that at the time of the premiere, Gratien Gélinas was one of the most influential authors in the province. His plays were performed in French in Quebec, and in English across Canada.

Gratien Gélinas

Fridolin

Juliette Béliveau

Fred Barry

Julien Lippé

• Gratien GélinasProducer · Director · Writer

Release date

January 1, 1942

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

26m

Genres

Comedy