Robert Lepage directed this Canadian comedy, filmed in black and white and color and adapted from Lepage's play The Seven Branches of the River Ota. In October 1970, Montreal actress Sophie (Anne-Marie Cadieux) appears in a Feydeau farce at the Osaka World's Fair. Back in Montreal, her boyfriend Michel (Alexis Martin) watches the October Crisis on TV and sees Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau declare the War Measures Act. The Canadian Army patrols Montreal streets. Sophie learns she's pregnant and phones Michel. However, Michel is immersed in politics, while Sophie rejects the amorous advances of her co-star (Eric Bernier), becomes friendly with a blind translator, and passes an evening with frivolous Canadian embassy official Walter (Richard Frechette) and his wife Patricia (Marie Gignac). Meanwhile, in Montreal, Michael plots terrorist activities. Commenting on East-West cultural distinctions, the film intercuts between Quebec (in black and white) and Japan (in color).
Anne-Marie Cadieux
Marie Gignac
Richard Fréchette
Alexis Martin
Éric Bernier
Marie Brassard
Patrice Godin
Jean Antoine Charest
Jules Philip
Tony Conte
Normand Bissonnette
Ghislaine Vincent
Jean Leloup
Walter T Cassidy
Ron Korb
Darren Hitoshi Miyasaki
Gary Kiyoshi Nagata
Jim Asano Akira
Milton Tanaka
Hitomi Asahata
Yosh Tagushi
Michel Lee
Robert Bellefeuille
Lynda Beaulieu
Noriko Hisatomi
Kathia Bassanoff
Julie Shimotakahra
Nathalie D'Anjou
Denis Gaudreault
Denis Lefebvre
Abdul Aziz Rasuli
Yoshihiro Shimazu
France Larochelle
Marie-Anne Larochelle
Robert Norman
Pierre Auger
Sophie Faucher
Manuel Foglia
Pierre Drolet
Jean Chrétien
Knowlton Nash
Pierre Elliott Trudeau