Two Women in Gold
Two Women in Gold | |
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French | Deux femmes en or |
Directed by | Claude Fournier |
Written by | Claude Fournier Marie-José Raymond |
Produced by | Claude Fournier Pierre Lamy |
Starring | Monique Mercure Louise Turcot |
Cinematography | Claude Fournier |
Edited by | Claude Fournier |
Music by | Robert Charlebois |
Production company | Les Films Claude Fournier |
Distributed by | France Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
Budget | $225,000 |
Box office | $4 million |
Two Women in Gold (French: Deux femmes en or) is a Canadian sex comedy film, directed by Claude Fournier and released in 1970.[1]
Plot
Fernande Turcot and Violette Lamoureux are two housewives in suburban
Cast
- Monique Mercure - Fernande Turcot
- Louise Turcot - Violette Lamoureux
- Marcel Sabourin - Yvon-T. Turcot
- Donald Pilon - Bob Lamoureux
- Vincent Fournier - Vincent Turcot
- Francine Morand - Miss Cinéma
- Yvon Deschamps - M. Téléphone
- Donald Lautrec - M. Lait
- Gilles Latulippe - M. Jolicoeur
- Réal Béland - le reaconteur de blagues
- Janine Sutto - Mme Lalonde
- Paul Buissonneau - M. Plátre
- Jean Lapointe - le sergent détective Poivrot
- Paul Berval - M. Tapis
- Georges Groulx - François-Xavier Lalonde
- Raymond Lévesque
- Michel Chartrand - judge
Production
Two Women in Gold was filmed from 24 November 1969, to 9 January 1970, on a budget of $225,000 (equivalent to $1,569,458 in 2021). The French version was 107 minutes and 20 seconds long while the English dub was reduced to 90 minutes and 30 seconds.[2]
Release
The film was released in Montreal on 21 May 1970, by France Film and grossed $4 million (equivalent to $27,901,478 in 2021).[2][3]
Reception
Although not immediately popular with critics, the film was a significant commercial success, making at least $2 million at the box office in its initial run.[4] Its success was part of a wave of films that reignited the commercial viability of the Cinema of Quebec, following a number of fallow years in the late 1960s.[5] As of 2020, it was still recognized as one of the most commercially successful films in Quebec's cinematic history.[6]
In 2022, Chloé Robichaud received a grant from Quebec's Société de développement des entreprises culturelles to produce a contemporary remake of the film, slated for release in 2024.[7]
References
- ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 227.
- ^ a b Turner 1987, p. 95.
- ^ Melnyk 2004, p. 137.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Deux femmes en or – Film de Claude Fournier". Films du Québec, January 19, 2009.
- ^ Malcolm Reid, "Quebec film makers look to the commercial". The Globe and Mail, August 7, 1970.
- ^ André Duchesne, "Deux femmes en or: au-delà des parties de fesses". La Presse, May 16, 2020.
- ^ Maxime Demers, "Une nouvelle version de Deux femmes en or financée par la SODEC". Le Journal de Montréal, December 19, 2022.
Works cited
- Turner, D. John, ed. (1987). Canadian Feature Film Index: 1913-1985. ISBN 0660533642.
- ISBN 080203568X.
External links
- Two Women in Gold at IMDb