The Red Kitchen
On a wedding day, women are confined to the kitchen to prepare the meal while the men wait to be served. While men talk politics and sports, women talk about their condition. A teenager observes the gap between the sexes. Co-directed by two actresses, Paule Baillargeon and Frederique Collin, The Red Kitchen is the birth of the Quebec women's cinema. The birth of the film was difficult, and funding has been largely achieved through donations from friends and a benefit concert. This war of the sexes takes place in a demanding formal research, based on the improvisation of the actors, whose preparation took place over long sessions in the workshop. The end result mixes black humour, horror and a very expressive fantasy that gave rise to heated debates.
Cast
Michèle Mercure
as The bride
Han Masson
as Daybe
Catherine Brunelle
as Darling
Marie Ouellet
as Mireille
Monique Mercure
as The mother
Valérie Déjoie
as Estelle
Claude Maher
as The groom
Gilles Renaud
as The father
Guy Thauvette
as Thibault Frenette
Raymond Cloutier
as Patrice Quenneville
