Au pays de Zom

Au pays de Zom

77 mins | Drama, Comedy, Fantasy | Jan. 1, 1982

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".

Au pays de Zom

77 mins | Drama, Comedy, Fantasy | Jan. 1, 1982

Au pays de Zom
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".
Producers National Film Board of Canada
Original title Au pays de Zom
Directors Gilles Groulx
Writers

Cast

Joseph Rouleau

as M Zom

Françoise Berd

as Mme. Zom

Gaston Lepage

as Gaston

René Racine

as Jardinier

Charles E. Trudeau

as Chauffer de M Zom

Christiane Alarie

as Une secrétaire

Marie-France Lamoureux

as Une secrétaire

Michèle Mercure

as Une secrétaire

Danielle Schneider

as Une secrétaire