The Men (1971)
March 3, 1971Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Donald Pilon
Jean Saint-Pierre
René Blouin
Émile Sainte-Marie
Andrée Pelletier
Rita Sauvage
Katerine Mousseau
Dolores
Guy L'Ecuyer
Actor
J. Léo Gagnon
Actor
Joël Denis
Actor
Marc Gélinas
Actor
Denise Lafleur
Actress
Michèle Latraverse
Jacques Bilodeau
Gilles Carle
Director
Louise Ranger
Producer
Stéphane Venne
Composer
Vic Merrill
Sound Editor
René Verzier
Cinematographer
Jean-Pierre Joutel
Sound Mixer
Michel Belaieff
Sound Mixer
Anne Pritchard
Art Direction
Marie Couturier
Assistant Director
Jacques Chenail
Assistant Director
Paul Gauthier
Robert Desroches
José Rettino
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 3, 1971
Original NameLes mâles
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Genres
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Wiki.
The Men (French: Les Mâles) is a Canadian crime comedy film, directed by Gilles Carle and released in 1971. The film centres on Jean (Donald Pilon) and Émile (René Blouin), a lumberjack and a student who have been living off the grid in the wilderness, who decide that they need a woman to join them and head into town to look for one. They resort to kidnapping Dolores (Katerine Mousseau), a prison guard who is the daughter of the village police chief, leading the villagers to mount a vigilante mob to capture Jean and Émile and bring them to justice.The film's cast also includes Andrée Pelletier and Guy L'Écuyer.
Martin Knelman of The Globe and Mail reviewed the film favourably, writing that "At his most brilliant, Carle achieves a form of comedy that's part Rabelaisian and part Keystone Kops, but just under the surface of slapstick raucousness there's a sense of desperation, of despair on the brink of violence and defeat. This double-sighted attitude is what gives Carle's movies their peculiar comic edge and their self-propelling energy."