Chili's Blues

Chili's Blues

100 mins | May 27, 1994

This French-Canadian drama takes place just after JFK's assassination and provides insight into the psychological ramifications of that event with its portrayal of a love story between a confused teen and a travelling salesman in a Quebec railroad station. The date is Dec. 19, 1963 and train service has been delayed by a snow storm. Pierre-Paul is a door-to-door salesman. Chili is a despondent teenaged girl. When Pierre-Paul enters a washroom stall he is surprised to find a girl hunched over with a gun in her mouth. He runs to tell the stationmaster, but she has gone by the time they return. He tells the stationmaster that the girl was wearing a kilt. Unfortunately, the station is filled with other school girls dressed in the same outfit. Eventually Chili comes up to Pierre-Paul and a careful romance is initiated as she tells him over her troubled life.

Chili's Blues

100 mins | May 27, 1994

Chili's Blues
This French-Canadian drama takes place just after JFK's assassination and provides insight into the psychological ramifications of that event with its portrayal of a love story between a confused teen and a travelling salesman in a Quebec railroad station. The date is Dec. 19, 1963 and train service has been delayed by a snow storm. Pierre-Paul is a door-to-door salesman. Chili is a despondent teenaged girl. When Pierre-Paul enters a washroom stall he is surprised to find a girl hunched over with a gun in her mouth. He runs to tell the stationmaster, but she has gone by the time they return. He tells the stationmaster that the girl was wearing a kilt. Unfortunately, the station is filled with other school girls dressed in the same outfit. Eventually Chili comes up to Pierre-Paul and a careful romance is initiated as she tells him over her troubled life.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers
Original title C'était le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues
Directors Charles Binamé
Writers

Cast

Roy Dupuis

as Pierre-Paul

Lucie Laurier

as Chili

Joëlle Morin

as Lili Tomasso

Julie Deslauriers

as Cathou Barbeau

Fanny Lauzier

as La Puce

Marie-Josée Bergeron

as Marie-Stella

Emmanuel Bilodeau

as Employé CN

Pierre Curzi

as Monsieur CN

Julien Laurier

as Chili enfant

Élise Guilbault

as Femme en escarpins

Marie-Renée Patry

as Soeur Saint-Agnès

Normand Chouinard

as Monsieur danse sociale

Claude Gagnon

as Bébert

Luc Proulx

as Homme à la tasse de café

Pascale Montpetit

as Waitress du snackbar

Isabelle Brouillette

as Waitress du snackbar

Francine Ruel

as Madame Eaton #1

Margot Campbell

as Madame Eaton #2

Michel Charette

as Garçon (15 ans)

Brigitte Paquette

as Mère de Chili

Jean-François Pichette

as Père de Chili

Marie-Chantal Perron

as Caissière du restaurant

Steve Gendron

as Fils de M. Mini-Buick