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An Imaginary Tale

May 26, 1991 · 1h 31m
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Drama

PLOT

In this tragicomedy, Toni is the director of a staged rendition of Othello in Montreal. It is a pet project of his, financed by his loving mafia uncle. Unbeknownst to him, the audiences are also rounded up (and paid) by the same uncle. Some of them have seen every performance of this tragic play, and are understandably bored, so when the backstage romantic shenanigans of the actors result in absurd situations onstage, the audience is delighted. There are a huge number of romantic situations going on in this film at the same time. One of them involves Gaston a somewhat world-weary jazz musician, and Florence, a glamorous middle-aged woman who has been pining for him for years. Another involves to members of the musician's jazz trio. Yet another involves the play's Desdemona, Soledad, the girlfriend of the man playing Othello, who can't keep his hands off his (female) dresser.

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CAST

Jean Lapointe
Gaston
Louise Marleau
Florence
Charlotte Laurier
Soledad
Marc Messier
Lentaignes
Jean-François Pichette
Tibo
France Castel
Alys
Tony Nardi
Toni
Marc Gélinas
Gros Pierre
Directed by André Forcier

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
FR
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Les films telescene inc. (CA), Les Productions C.M. Luca (CA)
Country
CA, FR
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