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Backyard Theatre is a documentary about playwright Michel Tremblay and director André Brassard’s flavourful brand of Quebec theatre, which captured the earthy wit and joual (slang) of Montreal's East End working-class neighbourhood. The film features impromptu improvisation by the cast of Les belles-soeurs and Demain matin, Montréal m'attend, two genre-defining plays.Read moreLess
Backyard Theatre is a documentary about playwright Michel Tremblay and director André Brassard’s flavourful brand of Quebec theatre, which captured the earthy wit and joual (slang) of Montreal's East End working-class neighbourhood. The film features impromptu improvisation by the cast of Les belles-soeurs and Demain matin, Montréal m'attend, two genre-defining plays.
The story
Backyard Theatre is a documentary about playwright Michel Tremblay and director André Brassard’s flavourful brand of Quebec theatre, which captured the earthy wit and joual (slang) of Montreal's East End working-class neighbourhood. The film features impromptu improvisation by the cast of Les belles-soeurs and Demain matin, Montréal m'attend, two genre-defining plays.
Cast & crew
Michel TremblayHimself
André BrassardHimself
Ève GagnierCast
Amulette GarneauCast
Mirielle Lachance
Monique MercureCast
Denise MorelleCast
Denise Filiatrault
Louise ForestierCast
Claude GaiCastExplore the crew
- Producer
- Jean V. Dufresne
- Director of Photography
- Jean-Pierre Lachapelle
- Director
- Jean Pierre Lefebvre
- Producer
- Ian McLaren