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MON ONCLE ANTOINE (1971)
110 min. Rating: PG
DIRECTOR: Claude Jutra

WRITER: Claude Jutra and Clement Perron

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Plot Summary
The holiday season in a small Quebec village is the backdrop for this legendary bittersweet slice-of-life comedy. Orphaned 14-year-old Benoit (Gagnon) arrives to live with a foster family and becomes a part of the comical foibles and the heartbreaks of a small asbestos mining town in the 1940s. In the fi lm’s set piece, Benoit goes with his uncle Antoine (Duceppe) to collect the remains of a young lad, who must be buried despite an unrelenting snowstorm. Gagnon gives a hauntingly realistic portrayal of a young boy discovering life’s funny and tragic turns. Often chosen as the fi nest Canadian film of all time, Mon Oncle Antoine won eight Genies, including Best Film, Director and Actor. “A ‘memory’ film of tremendous force, an experience that is as physical as it is emotional.”—Kent Jones and Kathleen Murphy, Blame Canada Series, Walter Reade Theatre, New York City

About The Director

Claude Jutra
Internationally renowned Quebec filmmaker Claude Jutra joined the National Film Board in 1954 where he made a series of awardwinning films about youth. After Mon Oncle Antoine, he went on to direct many feature films including Kamouraska, Surfacing and By Design. Quebec’s film awards - the “Jutras” - are named in his honour, as is the Claude Jutra Award for Best First Feature that is presented every year at the Genies.

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