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Box office. $750,000. Mon oncle Antoine ( My Uncle Antoine) is a 1971 French-language Canadian drama film directed by Claude Jutra for the National Film Board of Canada . The film depicts life in the Maurice Duplessis -era Asbestos Region of rural Québec before the Asbestos Strike of 1949. Set at Christmas time, the story is told from the ...
Dec 23, 2008 · A classic Canadian film about a young boy's coming of age in a Quebec mining town in the 1940s. The film follows his uncle Antoine, a funeral director and store owner, and his adventures on Christmas Eve.
Nov 12, 1971 · A coming-of-age story of a young boy and his uncle who run a general store and undertaking business in rural Quebec. The film explores the themes of family, death, and identity in a cold and harsh winter landscape.
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- Drama
- Claude Jutra
- 1971-11-12
A classic Canadian film by Claude Jutra about a boy's coming of age in rural Quebec in 1940s. Watch the restored version with extras, or read the new essay by André Loiselle.
- Uncle Antoine
Claude Jutra's sweeping portrait of village life in 1940s Quebec has been called one of the greatest Canadian films of all time. Recalling a time when the lo...
- 105 min
- 91.5K
- NFB
Sep 21, 2009 · Based on an autobiographical screenplay by Clément Perron, Claude Jutra’s Mon oncle Antoine (1971) is widely regarded as one of the greatest Canadian films of all time, ranking No. 1 in polls conducted by the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in 1984, 1993 and 2004, and No. 2 in 2015. It won eight Canadian Film Awards, including ...
Mon Oncle Antoine. Benoit (Jacques Gagnon) is an adolescent in the care of his uncle, Antoine (Jean Duceppe), who runs a general store in a small mining town in Quebec. To make some extra money ...
- Holiday, Drama
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