Hold on to Daddy's Ears

Hold on to Daddy's Ears
FrenchTiens-toi bien après les oreilles à papa
Directed byJean Bissonnette
Written byGilles Richer
Produced byRichard Hellman
StarringDominique Michel
Yvon Deschamps
Dave Broadfoot
CinematographyRené Verzier
Edited byPierre Savard
Music byFrançois Dompierre
Production
companies
Mojack Films
Briston Creative Films
Distributed byCiné-Art
Release date
  • December 25, 1971 (1971-12-25)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Hold on to Daddy's Ears (French: Tiens-toi bien après les oreilles à papa), also known as What the Hell Are They Complaining About?,[1] is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Jean Bissonnette and released in 1971.[2] A satirical allegory for Quebec nationalism, the film stars Dominique Michel as Suzanne David and Yvon Deschamps as Jacques Martin, two French Canadians working for the Montreal office of a large English Canadian insurance company from Toronto.[3]

The cast also includes Dave Broadfoot as the company president Mr. Thompson, as well as Paule Bayard, Gilles Latulippe, Jean Leclerc, Hélène Loiselle, Suzanne Lévesque, Alpha Boucher and Claude Michaud in supporting roles.

  1. ^ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 237.
  2. ^ Dane Lanken, "Two new film releases here show true rise of Quebec cinema". Montreal Gazette, February 5, 1972.
  3. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Tiens-toi bien après les oreilles à papa – Film de Jean Bissonnette". Films du Québec, April 12, 2009.