Mon Oncle Antoine

1971

1h 50m

Holiday

Drama

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Benoit (Jacques Gagnon) is an adolescent in the care of his uncle, Antoine (Jean Duceppe), who runs a general store in a small mining town in Quebec. To make some extra money, Antoine doubles as the town's undertaker. During the Christmas shopping rush, Benoit helps out at the store, learning a lot about himself in the process. When he accompanies his uncle to pick up a body of a local boy who has recently died, he is faced with his own mortality, and realizes that life is fleeting.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

That Mon Oncle Antoine is such a fine film only underlines the tragedy of the director's later life... What he left behind is a film to treasure.

Rated: 4/4

Jul 6, 2018

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Don Willmott

Filmcritic.com

utterly unforgettable

Rated: 4/5

Feb 17, 2009

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 3/5

Jul 15, 2005

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Brian Gibson

Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta)

Rated: 4/5

Jan 14, 2005

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Beautifully bleak and perfect pace.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/05/23

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david l

Mon Oncle Antoine certainly looks great and the winter scenes are gorgeously filmed and very endearing in slice of life approach at storytelling, but the second half wasn't as interesting and most of the movie is overly slow in pace and thematically lacking.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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s r

A realist sad tale about a French Quebec town and happenings around Christmas. Saw it on TCM.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

I understand what they were going for, but the film left me feeling cold and distant.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

another coming of age tale

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

This is not only one of the greatest Canadian films I've looked at. It's one of the greatest of any work of art that I've ever seen. That's exactly why I highly recommend this masterpiece for what it is. Full review at filmbroadcaster.weebly.com

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Claude Jutra

Director

Jean Duceppe

Uncle Antoine

Olivette Thibault

Aunt Cecile

Jacques Gagnon

Benoit

Claude Jutra

Fernand

Hélène Loiselle

Madame Poulin

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Synopsis

Benoit (Jacques Gagnon) is an adolescent in the care of his uncle, Antoine (Jean Duceppe), who runs a general store in a small mining town in Quebec. To make some extra money, Antoine doubles as the town's undertaker. During the Christmas shopping rush, Benoit helps out at the store, learning a lot about himself in the process. When he accompanies his uncle to pick up a body of a local boy who has recently died, he is faced with his own mortality, and realizes that life is fleeting.

Director: Claude Jutra
Producer: Marc Beaudet
Production Co: Office national du film du Canada
Genre: Holiday, Drama
Original Language: Canadian French
Release Date (DVD): Mar 18, 2010
Runtime: 1h 50m