Highly Recommended THE MOVIE: Director Claude Jutra's 1971 period piece Mon Oncle Antoine is a cinematic pseudo-memoir that fits snuggly in the category with films like Fellini's Amarcord or Hallstrom's My Life As a Dog in that it's evocative of a certain time while also capturing the specificity of being a young man of that time. Jutra's tale is dreamy, awkward, nostalgic, and sexy, all words that could be applied to those other films, as well; yet, the setting of a mining town in 1940s Quebec means Mon Oncle Antoine is a story that is entirely unique to Jutra and co-writer Cl mont Perron's experience even as they express the great commonalities of growing up. The filmmakers' stand-in is Benoit (Jacques Gagnon), a quiet altar boy who works for his Un... Read the entire review ...
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Highly Recommended THE MOVIE: Director Claude Jutra's 1971 period piece Mon Oncle Antoine is a cinematic pseudo-memoir that fits snuggly in the category with films like Fellini's Amarcord or Hallstrom's My Life As a Dog in that it's evocative of a certain time while also capturing the specificity of being a young man of that time. Jutra's tale is dreamy, awkward, nostalgic, and sexy, all words that could be applied to those other films, as well; yet, the setting of a mining town in 1940s Quebec means Mon Oncle Antoine is a story that is entirely unique to Jutra and co-writer Cl mont Perron's experience even as they express the great commonalities of growing up. The filmmakers' stand-in is Benoit (Jacques Gagnon), a quiet altar boy who works for his Un... Read the entire review ...