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Funkytown
- Director: Daniel Roby
- Writer: Steve Galluccio
- Producer: Valérie d'Auteuil; Jasmyrh Lemoine
CGiii Comment
It's the usual rags to riches - riches to rags...and, a mountain of cocaine.
This is a long film which would have been far better suited as a TV mini-series...that is, if the scriptwriter was replaced...some of the writing is so hackneyed that it needs a Zimmer frame to prop it up.
Here, the 'Disco World' is beige, Montreal is beige...everything is beige - the washed out colour does not lend to the authenticity of the period...it just looks beige!
It's not a terrible film...just ill-conceived.
A little more pre-planning in pre-production, a major edit in post-production and a new writer right at the beginning...those would have solved it all!
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Set in Montreal during the disco phenomenon some 35 years ago, Funkytown follows the life of a group of colorful characters. We follow their lives and tribulations as everyone converges on a regular basis at Montreal's hot disco spot: Starlight. Along the way, several events take place that change these characters' lives. As these characters' lives unfold, the Parti Québécois takes power changing the cultural landscape in Quebec while the disco craze slowly fades. While we keep up with these various characters - it is Bastien who is a central part of this story. His drug addiction, dreams to become an actor and womanizing - make him the "bigger than life" typical 70s character around which the whole story revolves.
Cast & Characters
Patrick Huard as Bastien Lavallee;
Justin Chatwin as Tino DeiFiori;
Paul Doucet as Jonathan Aaronson;
Sarah Mutch as Adriana;
Raymond Bouchard as Gilles;
Genevieve Brouillette as Mimi;
François Létourneau as Daniel Lefebvre;
Sophie Cadieux as Helene;
Romina D'Ugo as Tina;
Jocelyne Zucco as Nicole