Chili's Blues

Chili's Blues
French	C'était le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues
Directed by	Charles Binamé
Written by	José Fréchette
Produced by	Louise Gendron
Starring	Roy Dupuis Lucie Laurier
Cinematography	Pierre Mignot
Edited by	Gaétan Huot
Music by	Richard Grégoire
Production company	Les Productions du Cerf
Distributed by	Alliance Vivafilm
Release date	August 26, 1994 (1994-08-26) (MWFF)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

Chili's Blues (French: C'était le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues, lit. "It Was the 12th of December and Chili Had the Blues") is a Canadian romantic drama film, directed by Charles Binamé and released in 1994.[1] Set in 1963 and taking place in a train station in Montreal where passengers are temporarily stranded due to a snowstorm, the film centres on the interactions between Pierre-Paul (Roy Dupuis), a salesman, and Chili (Lucie Laurier), a depressed college student who is considering suicide, as they meet and fall in love while waiting for train services to resume.[2]

The cast also includes Joëlle Morin, Julie Deslauriers, Emmanuel Bilodeau, Pierre Curzi, Normand Chouinard and Élise Guilbault.

The film premiered on August 26, 1994 at the Montreal World Film Festival.[3]

References

1. Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. pp. 41-42.
2. Bill Brownstein, "Chili Avait les Blues is a compelling Quebec film; Charles Biname has explored, not exploited, coming-of-age in '60s". Montreal Gazette, September 10, 1994.
3. Charles-Henri Ramond, "C’était le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues – Film de Charles Binamé". Films du Québec, December 28, 2008.

External links

• Chili's Blues at IMDb