Synopsis
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.
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
68.0%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
5.3%
Critic Consensus
95.5% Fresh • 288 critic reviews
Critic reception is largely positive, with 95% of 288 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize visually striking, family-friendly, funny. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.
visually strikingfamily-friendlyfunnylightheartedchristmasromanticstylizedrealisticemotionalpolitical
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score95.0
RT critic review count288
Rotten Tomatoes audience score89.0
RT audience rating count50,000
IMDb rating6.9
IMDb votes455
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 1999 | $4,868 | $9,166 |
| International | 1999 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 1999 | $4,868 | $9,166 |
Earnings / Profitability
Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Revenues |
| Theatrical Net Revenue | 1999 | $2,434 | $4,583 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 1999 | N/A | N/A |
| Digital Purchases ? | 1999 | N/A | N/A |
| Physical Rentals ? | 1999 | $706,000 | $1,329,365 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 1999 | $912,000 | $1,717,253 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 1999 | $52,500,000 | $98,855,042 |
| Total Revenues | 1999 | $54,120,434 | $101,906,243 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 1999 | $175,000,000 | $329,516,807 |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 1999 | $80,000 (est) | $150,636 (est) |
| Participations | 1999 | $1,082,000 | $2,037,355 |
| Residuals ? | 1999 | $2,631,000 | $4,954,050 |
| Interest & Overhead | 1999 | $21,000,000 | $39,542,017 |
| Total Expenses | 1999 | $199,793,000 | $376,200,865 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 1999 | $-145,672,566 | $-274,294,622 |
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- Digital Rentals: PVOD, VOD, & On-Demand
- Marketing & distribution costs to release Movie in Theaters. Includes: Online & Offline Ads, Posters, Trailer Production, and physical or digital copies (formerly "prints") sent to cinemas.
- Net Digital Purchase Revenue
- Net Revenues for Physical Rentals: VHS, DVD, BluRay (when appropriate)
- Physical Purchases: VHS $734,000, DVD $178,000, BluRay $0
- Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
- Theatrical box office grosses split into Domestic, International, and Worldwide totals.
- Union-modeled residuals using SAG-AFTRA and WGA schedules as a simplified estimate proxy.
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Budget Tooltip
Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
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