The Red Kitchen

The Red Kitchen

1980 · 82 min · ★ 4.8 · Drama

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.

Directed by Paule Baillargeon · Written by Paule Baillargeon

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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

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