The read
It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Frédérique CollinWriter
- Paule BaillargeonDirector
- Paule BaillargeonWriter
- Frédérique CollinDirector
- Marie La HayeWriter
- Yves LaferrièreOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Michèle MercureThe bride
- Han MassonDaybe
- Catherine BrunelleDarling
- Marie OuelletMireille
- Monique MercureThe mother
- Valérie DéjoieEstelle
- Claude MaherThe groom
- Gilles RenaudThe father
- Guy ThauvetteThibault Frenette
- Raymond CloutierPatrice Quenneville
- Jean-Pierre SaulnierArmel
- Pierre CurziVal Aimé