Le Chat dans le sac

★★★★★

Original title: The Cat in the Bag

1964 · 1 h 14 min

Directed by Gilles Groulx

Drama

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Cast

Barbara Ulrich Claude Godbout Manon Blain Véronique Vilbert Jean-Paul Bernier André Leblanc

Credits

Cinematography: Jean-Claude Labrecque
Produced by: Jacques Bobet

Plot

A young Quebecois man and his English-Canadian Jewish girlfriend break up in Montreal, in a film that blends love story with the politics of Quebec identity.

Sinekatalog’s take

A formative, restless film of the Quiet Revolution.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (540 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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