A documentary portrait of the playwright and novelist Michel Tremblay. Tremblay was born and grew up in Montreal, Quebec. He revolutionized the French Canadian literary scene in the mid-1960s, for a number of reasons. One was his use of '...See moreA documentary portrait of the playwright and novelist Michel Tremblay. Tremblay was born and grew up in Montreal, Quebec. He revolutionized the French Canadian literary scene in the mid-1960s, for a number of reasons. One was his use of 'joual', a French Quebecois dialect specific to Montreal. Another was privileging a different type of principal character - working class women, gay men, and other marginalized members of society. The film features interviews with Michel Tremblay and his close collaborators, as well as archive footage of his work.
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