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Kalamazoo (film)

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Kalamazoo
Directed byAndré Forcier
Written byAndré Forcier
Jacques Marcotte
Produced byJean Dansereau
Louise Gendron
StarringRémy Girard
Tony Nardi
Marie Tifo
CinematographyAlain Dostie
Edited bySuzanne Allard
François Gill
Music byJoël Bienvenue
Production
company
Les Ateliers du Cinéma Québécois
Distributed byMalofilm
Release date
  • 1988 (1988)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Kalamazoo is a Canadian fantasy drama film, directed by André Forcier and released in 1988.[1] The film stars Rémy Girard as Félix Cotnoir, a retired botanist who meets painter Pasquale Globensky (Tony Nardi) after crashing his car into a telephone booth; introduced by Globensky to the novel Kalamazoo by writer Hélène Montana (Marie Tifo), he soon falls in love with a mermaid who is Hélène's double in appearance.[2]

The film won the Prix L.-E.-Ouimet-Molson from the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma in 1989.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Maurie Alioff, "Film Review: Marc-André Forcier's Kalamazoo". Cinema Canada, March–April 1989. p. 29.
  2. ^ Marcel Jean, "Amour fou: Kalamazoo de Marc-André Forcier". 24 images, #41 (Winter 1989), pp. 4–5.
  3. ^ "Quebec critics give top prize to Kalamazoo". Ottawa Citizen, February 13, 1989.
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