Au pays de Zom
1983 · Movie · 77 min. · Canada
A film-opera divided into nine segments, Au pays de Zom tells a day in the life of Mister Zom, a capitalist infatuated with his own person, whose conformism is only matched by his artistic velleity. A thematic sequel to his movie filmed with Mexican peasants, here Groulx asks, by making a business man sing, a second question on happiness: this time about the ones for whom happiness is linked with the possession of overabundance. He delivers, by developing the theatrical dimension with great emphasis, a social pamphlet with a strong satirical charge that he himself qualified as a "neo-surrealist fantasy".
Direction Gilles Groulx
Cast Christiane Alarie · Françoise Berd · Marie-France Lamoureux · Gaston Lepage · Michèle Mercure · René Racine · Joseph Rouleau · Danielle Schneider
Soundtrack Jacques Hétu
Screenplay Gilles Groulx
Cinematography Alain Dostie
Original title Au pays de Zom
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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