Once Upon a Time in the East (1974 film)

Once Upon a Time in the East
FrenchIl était une fois dans l'est
Directed byAndré Brassard
Written byAndré Brassard
Michel Tremblay
Produced byPierre Lamy
StarringDenise Filiatrault
CinematographyPaul Van der Linden
Edited byAndré Corriveau
Release date
  • 27 February 1974 (1974-02-27)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench
Box office$1 million (Canada)[1]

Once Upon a Time in the East (French: Il était une fois dans l'est) is a 1974 Canadian drama film directed by André Brassard. It was entered into the 1974 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

The film is based on several plays by Michel Tremblay, weaving characters from the plays Les Belles-sœurs, Hosanna, La duchesse de Langeais and À toi, pour toujours, ta Marie-Lou into an original ensemble cast story.[3]

  1. ^ "Canadian Films Grosses". Variety. 24 November 1976. p. 32.
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Once Upon a Time in the East". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
  3. ^ Peter Harry Rist, Guide to the Cinema(s) of Canada (pg. 100). Greenwood Publishing Group, 2001. ISBN 978-0313299315.