Réjeanne Padovani is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, written and directed by Denys Arcand and released in 1973.[1] It was his second narrative feature film as a director, but the first for which he was also the screenwriter.
An examination of political corruption,[2] the film stars Jean Lajeunesse as Vincent Padovani, a construction contractor with mafia ties who has just completed work on a major autoroute project, and is planning a major dinner party to thank the politicians who awarded him the contract. However, as the dinner approaches his plans are disrupted, both professionally by the launch of a public protest by several families whose homes were expropriated for the highway construction and personally by the return of Réjeanne (Luce Guilbeault), his ex-wife who is now married into the family of rival contractor Sam Tannenbaum (Henry Gamer).[3]
It was later screened at the 1984 Festival of Festivals as part of Front & Centre, a special retrospective program of artistically and culturally significant films from throughout the history of Canadian cinema.[6]
During Quebec's Charbonneau Commission inquiry into corruption in the awarding of construction contracts in the early 2010s, the film received renewed attention with some media outlets calling it "prophetic".[7]
réjeanne, padovani, canadian, drama, film, from, quebec, written, directed, denys, arcand, released, 1973, second, narrative, feature, film, director, first, which, also, screenwriter, directed, bydenys, arcandwritten, bydenys, arcandproduced, bymarguerite, du. Rejeanne Padovani is a Canadian drama film from Quebec written and directed by Denys Arcand and released in 1973 1 It was his second narrative feature film as a director but the first for which he was also the screenwriter Rejeanne PadovaniDirected byDenys ArcandWritten byDenys ArcandProduced byMarguerite DuparcStarringJean LajeunesseLuce GuilbeaultLeo GagnonTherese CadoretteCinematographyAlain DostieEdited byDenys ArcandMarguerite DuparcMusic byWalter BoudreauProductioncompanyCinakDistributed byCinepix Film PropertiesRelease dateOctober 3 1973 1973 10 03 Running time96 minutesCountryCanadaLanguageFrenchAn examination of political corruption 2 the film stars Jean Lajeunesse as Vincent Padovani a construction contractor with mafia ties who has just completed work on a major autoroute project and is planning a major dinner party to thank the politicians who awarded him the contract However as the dinner approaches his plans are disrupted both professionally by the launch of a public protest by several families whose homes were expropriated for the highway construction and personally by the return of Rejeanne Luce Guilbeault his ex wife who is now married into the family of rival contractor Sam Tannenbaum Henry Gamer 3 Rejeanne Padovani and Wedding in White were the only two Canadian films screened at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival 4 The French newspaper Le Monde called Rejeanne Padovani one of the best films screened at the festival 4 The film was a Canadian Film Award nominee for Best Feature Film at the 25th Canadian Film Awards in 1973 5 It was later screened at the 1984 Festival of Festivals as part of Front amp Centre a special retrospective program of artistically and culturally significant films from throughout the history of Canadian cinema 6 During Quebec s Charbonneau Commission inquiry into corruption in the awarding of construction contracts in the early 2010s the film received renewed attention with some media outlets calling it prophetic 7 References Edit The rise of Denys Arcand Montreal Gazette March 21 1987 Referendum led Quebec director to film about sex Ottawa Citizen February 16 1987 Reflecting Quebec events through Padovani The Globe and Mail February 2 1974 a b Le Monde calls Quebec film finest at Cannes The Globe and Mail May 17 1973 Betty Lee Seagull irritating Summer Wishes soars Slipstream not the expected blockbuster The Globe and Mail November 10 1973 Carole Corbeil The stars are coming out for Toronto s film festival The Globe and Mail September 6 1984 Le cas Rejeanne Padovani Le Devoir January 19 2013 External links EditRejeanne Padovani at IMDb This article related to a Canadian film of the 1970s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rejeanne Padovani amp oldid 1120799408, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
