The Red Kitchen

Overview

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

The bride

Han Masson

Daybe

N/A

Catherine Brunelle

Darling

N/A

Marie Ouellet

Mireille

Monique Mercure

The mother

N/A

Valérie Déjoie

Estelle

Claude Maher

The groom

Gilles Renaud

The father

Guy Thauvette

Thibault Frenette

Raymond Cloutier

Patrice Quenneville

Jean-Pierre Saulnier

Armel

Pierre Curzi

Val Aimé