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      Mon Oncle Antoine

      1971 1h 50m Holiday Drama List
      Reviews 77% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings 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. Read More Read Less

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      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 Full Review Don Willmott Filmcritic.com utterly unforgettable Rated: 4/5 Feb 17, 2009 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jul 15, 2005 Full Review Brian Gibson Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta) Rated: 4/5 Jan 14, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Beautifully bleak and perfect pace. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/05/23 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Audience Member another coming of age tale Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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
      French (Canada)
      Release Date (DVD)
      Mar 18, 2010
      Runtime
      1h 50m