Two Solitudes (film)

Two Solitudes
Two Solitudes
	Film poster
Directed by	Lionel Chetwynd
Written by	Lionel Chetwynd
Based on	Two Solitudes; by Hugh MacLennan
Produced by	Harry Gulkin; James Shavick;
Starring	Jean-Pierre Aumont; Stacy Keach; Gloria Carlin; Chris Wiggins; Claude Jutra; Raymond Cloutier; Jean-Louis Roux; John Boylan; Louis Negin;
Cinematography	René Verzier
Edited by	Ralph Brunjes
Music by	Maurice Jarre
Production; company	Compass Films
Distributed by	New World-Mutual
Release date	September 29, 1978;
Running time	117 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Two Solitudes is a 1978 Canadian

drama film written and directed by Lionel Chetwynd.^[1]

An adaptation of the 1945 novel by Hugh MacLennan, the film depicts French-English relations in Quebec during World War I and 1919 through the story of Jean-Claude Tallard (Jean-Pierre Aumont), a Member of Parliament who tries to pursue economic development opportunities for his impoverished rural area in conjunction with the wealthy Montreal industrialist Huntley McQueen (Stacy Keach) against the backdrop of the deep lingering mistrust between English Canadians and French Canadians in the aftermath of the Conscription Crisis of 1917.^[2]

The film was marketed around the theme that it would provide Canadians with insight into the victory of the

Parti québécois in the 1976 Quebec general election^[3] and thus preserve national unity in the forthcoming 1980 Quebec referendum.^[2] However, the film was criticized for casting French and American, rather than Canadian, actors in its two lead roles. Aumont, in particular, was criticized for not even attempting a Québécois accent and thus sounding out of place in the film.^[4]

Music for the film was composed by Maurice Jarre, his first and only work for a Canadian film.^[5]

Cast

Jean-Pierre Aumont as Jean-Claude Tallard
Stacy Keach as Huntley McQueen
Gloria Carlin as Kathleen Tallard
Chris Wiggins as Captain Yardley
Claude Jutra as Father Beaubien
Raymond Cloutier as Marius Tallard
Jean-Louis Roux as Cardinal
Louis Negin
Murray Westgate as the Prime Minister of Canada

References

^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Two Solitudes – Film de Lionel Chetwynd". Films du Québec, April 12, 2009.
^ ^a ^b Doug Isaac, "The Film as Political Actor: Two Solitudes". Cinema Canada, Issue 52 (Jan/Feb 1979).
^ Robert Martin, "Success after the right kind of failure: After a background of dropping out, Chetwynd's life in film seems stable". The Globe and Mail, January 23, 1978.
^ Jay Scott, "Two Solitudes outside Canadian province". The Globe and Mail, September 30, 1978.
^ Stephen Godfrey, "Dr. Zhivago's composer takes on Two Solitudes". The Globe and Mail, March 27, 1978.

External links

Two Solitudes at
IMDb

[1] Charles-Henri Ramond, "Two Solitudes – Film de Lionel Chetwynd". Films du Québec, April 12, 2009.

[isaac-2] Doug Isaac, "The Film as Political Actor: Two Solitudes". Cinema Canada, Issue 52 (Jan/Feb 1979).

[3] Robert Martin, "Success after the right kind of failure: After a background of dropping out, Chetwynd's life in film seems stable". The Globe and Mail, January 23, 1978.

[4] Jay Scott, "Two Solitudes outside Canadian province". The Globe and Mail, September 30, 1978.

[5] Stephen Godfrey, "Dr. Zhivago's composer takes on Two Solitudes". The Globe and Mail, March 27, 1978.

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