The Years of Dreams and Revolt

The Years of Dreams and Revolt (French: Les Années de rêves) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jean-Claude Labrecque and released in 1984. A sequel to his 1975 film The Vultures (Les Vautours), the film revisits the story of Louis Pelletier (Gilbert Sicotte) in the 1960s, from the time of his wedding to Claudette (Anne-Marie Provencher) in 1963 through to the time of the October Crisis in 1970.[1]

The Years of Dreams and Revolt
FrenchLes Années de rêves
Directed byJean-Claude Labrecque
Produced byClaude Bonin
François Labonté
Written byJean-Claude Labrecque
Marie Laberge
Robert Gurik
StarringGilbert Sicotte
Anne-Marie Provencher
Monique Mercure
CinematographyAlain Dostie
Edited byFrançois Labonté
Production
company
Les Films Vision 4
Release date
  • May 15, 1984 (1984-05-15) (Cannes)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The cast also includes Monique Mercure, Carmen Tremblay and Amulette Garneau, all reprising their roles as his aunts, as well as John Wildman, Roger Lebel, Lothaire Bluteau and Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge.

The film premiered in the Directors' Fortnight stream at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival,[2] before having its Canadian premiere at the 1984 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]

Vianney Gauthier received a Genie Award nomination for Best Art Direction/Production Design at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985.[4]

References

  1. Léo Bonneville, "Entretien avec Jean-Claude Labrecque". Séquences, Iss. 117 (1984). pp. 4–10.
  2. Léo Bonneville, "De l’écran de la pluie à l’écran du palais : 37eFestival international de Cannes". Séquences Iss. 117 (1984). pp. 11–20.
  3. Jay Scott, "Pick of the flicks: A weekend guide for those with neither the inclination nor the time to see 'em all". The Globe and Mail, September 7, 1984.
  4. Jay Scott, "Bay Boy reels in 11 nominations". The Globe and Mail, February 15, 1985.
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