
Film
The Red Kitchen
1980 · 1h 22m · Drama
- IMDb
- 5.6
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Overview
On a wedding day, women are confined to the kitchen to prepare the meal while the men wait to be served. While men talk politics and sports, women talk about their condition. A teenager observes the gap between the sexes. Co-directed by two actresses, Paule Baillargeon and Frederique Collin, The Red Kitchen is the birth of the Quebec women's cinema. The birth of the film was difficult, and funding has been largely achieved through donations from friends and a benefit concert. This war of the sexes takes place in a demanding formal research, based on the improvisation of the actors, whose preparation took place over long sessions in the workshop. The end result mixes black humour, horror and a very expressive fantasy that gave rise to heated debates.
Cast

Michèle Mercure
The bride

Han Masson
Daybe
Catherine Brunelle
Darling
Marie Ouellet
Mireille

Monique Mercure
The mother
Valérie Déjoie
Estelle

Claude Maher
The groom

Gilles Renaud
The father

Guy Thauvette
Thibault Frenette

Raymond Cloutier
Patrice Quenneville

Jean-Pierre Saulnier
Armel

Pierre Curzi
Val Aimé
Bertrand Carrière
Julien Désru

Claude Laroche
Marc Tremblay

Ghyslain Tremblay
l'Indien
Crew
- Frédérique CollinWriter · Director
- Paule BaillargeonProducer · Director · Writer
- Marie La HayeWriter
- Claude Des GagnéExecutive Producer
- Renée RoyExecutive Producer
- Jean-Charles TremblayDirector of Photography
- Yves LaferrièreOriginal Music Composer
- Babalou HamelinEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- May 29, 1980
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Budget
- $247,946
- Genres
- Drama
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