Far Side of the Moon (The)
Original Title
La Face Cachée de la Lune- Director: Robert Lepage
- Writer: Robert Lepage
- Producer: Bob Krupinski; Daniel Langlois
CGiii Comment
All hail to a magnificent imagination - with Lepage, you get architecture - everything is constructed with incredible care and given a bespoke finish.
Marvel at the edits - this is prestige movie-making.
The muted humour exasperates the character's morosity and Lepage, playing two brothers, contrasts each with hideous characteristics that separates them as it unites them - a difficult film done with consummate ease.
Sublime - to say the least.
Inspirational.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Forty-something Quebeçois Philippe Roberge is floundering in his life. He believes that no one listens to him or takes him seriously. A graduate student in Philosophy of Scientific Culture, he has just failed his Ph.D. dissertation for the second time, his theory of interest in outer space being a narcissistic response from man being widely rejected throughout the community. To make ends meet, he works selling newspaper subscriptions. And he has a cordial but basically non-existent relationship with his ex-wife. Philippe examines his life in response to the recent death of his mother coupled with his dissertation beliefs. Although she lived in a care home, he acted as her primary caregiver. His only remaining family is his younger gay brother, André, the two who could not have more different temperaments. As such, they do not get along. Following his mother's death, Philippe's thoughts about his life are influenced by three major incidents: being invited to speak at a major conference...
Cast & Characters
Robert Lepage as Phillippe / André;
Anne-Marie Cadieux as La mère;
Marco Poulin as Carl;
Céline Bonnier as Nathalie;
Fabrice Mongeau as Philippe á 15 ans;
Raphaël Dury as Philippe á 7 ans;
Étienne Bouchard-Dauphin as André á 8 ans;
Gregory Hlady as L'interpréte;
Yves Amyot as Le barman;
Richard Fréchette as Le médecin;
Érika Gagnon as Philippe's Supervisor;
Sergei Priselkov as Alexei Leonov;
Sophie Faucher as Presenter;
Lorraine Côté as Marie-Madeleine Bonsecours;
Oleg Belkin as Le garde du corps