An Imaginary Tale

An Imaginary Tale

91 mins | Drama | May 26, 1991

In this tragicomedy, Toni is the director of a staged rendition of Othello in Montreal. It is a pet project of his, financed by his loving mafia uncle. Unbeknownst to him, the audiences are also rounded up (and paid) by the same uncle. Some of them have seen every performance of this tragic play, and are understandably bored, so when the backstage romantic shenanigans of the actors result in absurd situations onstage, the audience is delighted. There are a huge number of romantic situations going on in this film at the same time. One of them involves Gaston a somewhat world-weary jazz musician, and Florence, a glamorous middle-aged woman who has been pining for him for years. Another involves to members of the musician's jazz trio. Yet another involves the play's Desdemona, Soledad, the girlfriend of the man playing Othello, who can't keep his hands off his (female) dresser.

An Imaginary Tale

91 mins | Drama | May 26, 1991

An Imaginary Tale
In this tragicomedy, Toni is the director of a staged rendition of Othello in Montreal. It is a pet project of his, financed by his loving mafia uncle. Unbeknownst to him, the audiences are also rounded up (and paid) by the same uncle. Some of them have seen every performance of this tragic play, and are understandably bored, so when the backstage romantic shenanigans of the actors result in absurd situations onstage, the audience is delighted. There are a huge number of romantic situations going on in this film at the same time. One of them involves Gaston a somewhat world-weary jazz musician, and Florence, a glamorous middle-aged woman who has been pining for him for years. Another involves to members of the musician's jazz trio. Yet another involves the play's Desdemona, Soledad, the girlfriend of the man playing Othello, who can't keep his hands off his (female) dresser.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers
Original title Une histoire inventée
Directors André Forcier
Writers Jacques Marcotte, André Forcier

Cast

Jean Lapointe

as Gaston

Louise Marleau

as Florence

Charlotte Laurier

as Soledad

Marc Messier

as Lentaignes

France Castel

as Alys

Tony Nardi

as Toni

Marc Gélinas

as Gros Pierre

Léo Munger

as Nicole

Angelo Cadet

as Theodule

Louise Gagnon

as Arlette

Denis Bouchard

as Accordeur de piano

Donald Pilon

as Rolland

Denys Paris

as Courtemanche

Patrice Coquereau

as Cassio

Marcel Fournier

as Roger Gingras

Charlotte Bernard

as Ouvreuse

Roland Laroche

as Portier

Alain Gendreau

as Policier

Alda Viero

as Pleureuse

Alberta Bonfiglio

as Pleureuse

François Sasseville

as Balayeur

Jean-Marie Lapointe

as Homme de main

Jacques Vaillancourt Jr.

as Homme de main

Élise Varo

as Serveuse

Carmen Ferland

as Serveuse

Guy Provencher

as Maurice

Célina Pinet

as Margot

Patrice Arbour

as Curé

Paul Cagelet

as Clément (Lago)

Yvon Charette

as Personnage d'Othello

Lisette Dufour

as Émilia

Suzanne Lambert

as Personnage d'Othello

Dominic Lavallée

as Julien (Roderico)

Pierre Pageau

as Curé

Luc Proulx

as Personnage d'Othello