Backyard Theatre
1973
27 min
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Backyard Theatre is a documentary about playwright Michel Tremblay and director André Brassard’s flavourful brand of Quebec theatre, which captured the earthy wit and joual (slang) of Montreal's East End working-class neighbourhood. The film features impromptu improvisation by the cast of Les belles-soeurs and Demain matin, Montréal m'attend, two genre-defining plays.
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Adieu Alouette1972 5 filmsThis documentary TV series explored Quebec in the 1970s, focusing on culture and moving beyond an antiquated, folkloric view of the province.
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Backyard Theatre is a documentary about playwright Michel Tremblay and director André Brassard’s flavourful brand of Quebec theatre, which captured the earthy wit and joual (slang) of Montreal's East End working-class neighbourhood. The film features impromptu improvisation by the cast of Les belles-soeurs and Demain matin, Montréal m'attend, two genre-defining plays.
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producerJean-V. DufresneIan McLaren
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photographyJean-Pierre Lachapelle
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soundClaude LefebvreJean-Guy Normandin
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sound editingAndré Galbrand
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re-recordingJean-Pierre Joutel
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participationÈve GagnierAmulette GarneauMireille LachanceMonique MercureDenise MorelleDenise FiliatraultLouise ForestierClaude GaiOdette GagnonAndré MontmorencyNormand MorinMichel TremblayAndré Brassard
