In the Belly of the Dragon

In the Belly of the Dragon
French	Dans le ventre du dragon
Directed by	Yves Simoneau
Written by	Marcel Beaulieu Pierre Revelin Yves Simoneau
Produced by	Michel Gauthier
Starring	David La Haye Rémy Girard Michel Côté Monique Mercure Marie Tifo
Cinematography	Alain Dostie
Edited by	André Corriveau
Music by	Richard Grégoire
Production companies	Les Films Lenox Les Productions Québec-Amérique
Distributed by	Alliance Films
Release date	February 14, 1989 (1989-02-14)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French
Box office	C$1.16 million (Canada)[1]

In the Belly of the Dragon (French: Dans le ventre du dragon) is a Canadian comedy science fiction film, directed by Yves Simoneau and released in 1989.[2] The film stars David La Haye as Lou, an aimless slacker who is dissatisfied with his job distributing flyers around the city, and signs up to be a drug testing subject for two mysterious scientists (Monique Mercure and Marie Tifo); meanwhile, his delivery colleagues Steve (Rémy Girard) and Bozo (Michel Côté) must team up to find and rescue him before the medical experiments go horribly wrong.[3]

The cast also includes Andrée Lachapelle, Pierre Curzi, Jean-Louis Millette, Roy Dupuis, Angèle Coutu, Suzanne Champagne and Pierrette Robitaille.

Reception

The film set what was at the time Quebec's all-time record for box office receipts in the first three days of release[4] and was the third-highest-grossing film in Canada for the year with a gross of C$1.16 million.[1]

Simoneau subsequently moved into English-language film and television production, and did not make another French-language film for the Quebec market until The Bait (L'Appât) in 2010.[5]

Award

Paul Dion received a Genie Award nomination for Best Sound Editing at the 11th Genie Awards in 1990.[6]

References

1. "Canadian Films At Home". Variety. November 19, 1990. p. 56.
2. "Innovative Quebecois director Yves Simoneau stands alone". Montreal Gazette, February 18, 1989.
3. "Stylish Quebec film finds a ready market: Young Montrealers flock to Yves Simoneau's latest as director celebrates early box-office success". The Globe and Mail, February 24, 1989.
4. "New Quebec comedy sets box-office record". Montreal Gazette, February 23, 1989.
5. Patricia Bailey, "Badouri and Lepage cut Bait". Playback, December 17, 2010.
6. "Jesus film leads Genies". Ottawa Citizen, February 13, 1990.

External links

• In the Belly of the Dragon at IMDb