Fantastica (1980 film)
| Fantastica | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Gilles Carle |
| Written by | Gilles Carle |
| Produced by | Jean-Serge Breton Eric Fournier |
| Starring | Carole Laure |
| Cinematography | François Protat |
| Edited by | Hugues Darmois |
Release date |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Countries | France Canada |
| Language | French |
Fantastica is a 1980 French-Canadian musical film written and directed by Gilles Carle. It was entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.[1] An English-language dialogue dubbed version of the film was broadcast on Superchannel, a pay-TV channel in western Canada in the early 1980s.
Cast[edit]
- Carole Laure as Lorca
- Lewis Furey as Paul
- Serge Reggiani as Euclide Brown
- Claudine Auger as Johanne McPherson
- John Vernon as Jim McPherson
- Denise Filiatrault as Emma
- Claude Blanchard as Hector
- Michel-René Labelle as Louis
- Carine Carlier as Liliane
- Donald Pilon as Georges
- Gilbert Sicotte as Julien
- François Léveillé as Herve
- François Pratte as Willie
- Pierre Fauteux as Zacharie
- Guy L'Écuyer as Pompier
Soundtrack album[edit]
Released in 1980 by Acapella Beaubec Musique, the album's catalogue number is AC-108. The French pressing's catalogue number is RSL-1085. All songs composed by Lewis Furey, and arranged by John Lissauer. The album is produced by Lewis Furey and John Lissauer. The lyrics were printed on the inner sleeve. The album was reissued in 2005 on CD by Mantra Records (Mantra 020 WM 330) in France only.
- Side one
- Fantastica (Theme generique) [1:32]
- Funny Funny [2:30]
- Be My Baby Tonight [3:28]
- This Could Have Been The Song [3:38]
- Fantastica [3:12]
- Goodbye Love [2:27]
- Side two
- What's Wrong With Me [3:24]
- Happy's In Town [3:16]
- Lorca In Three Movements [9:27]
- This Could Have Been The Song (piano duo) [2:55]
Reception[edit]
The film was seen by 116,885 people in France.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Fantastica". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
- ^ Marshall 2001, p. 85.
Works cited[edit]
- Marshall, Bill (2001). Quebec National Cinema. McGill–Queen's University Press. ISBN 0-7735-2103-8.
External links[edit]
- Fantastica at IMDb
