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Mon Oncle Antoine

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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.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 07/06/2018
4/4
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. Go to Full Review Don Willmott Filmcritic.com 02/17/2009
4/5
utterly unforgettable Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/15/2005
3/5
Brian Gibson Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta) 01/14/2005
4/5
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Audience Reviews

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12/05/2023 Beautifully bleak and perfect pace. See more s r @ScottR 01/11/2021 A realist sad tale about a French Quebec town and happenings around Christmas. Saw it on TCM. See more 10/17/2017 I understand what they were going for, but the film left me feeling cold and distant. See more 12/12/2015 another coming of age tale See more 04/03/2014 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 See more 12/21/2013 I get this is a Canadian/Quebecois Classic must see. But it was seriously boring for me. Desole vraiment. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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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