The Red Kitchen - 1980

On a wedding day, women are confined to the kitchen to prepare the meal while the men wait to be served. While men talk politics and sports, women talk about their condition. A teenager observes the gap between the sexes. Co-directed by two actresses, Paule Baillargeon and Frederique Collin, The Red Kitchen is the birth of the Quebec women's cinema. The birth of the film was difficult, and funding has been largely achieved through donations from friends and a benefit concert. This war of the sexes takes place in a demanding formal research, based on the improvisation of the actors, whose preparation took place over long sessions in the workshop. The end result mixes black humour, horror and a very expressive fantasy that gave rise to heated debates.

82min
1980
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating5.4/10

Cast

Monique Mercure profile pictureMonique MercureThe mother
Gilles Renaud profile pictureGilles RenaudThe father
Guy Thauvette profile pictureGuy ThauvetteThibault Frenette
Raymond Cloutier profile pictureRaymond CloutierPatrice Quenneville
Pierre Curzi profile picturePierre CurziVal Aimé
Claude Laroche profile pictureClaude LarocheMarc Tremblay

About The Red Kitchen

The Red Kitchen Overview

On a wedding day, women are confined to the kitchen to prepare the meal while the men wait to be served. While men talk politics and sports, women talk about their condition. A teenager observes the gap between the sexes. Co-directed by two actresses, Paule Baillargeon and Frederique Collin, The Red Kitchen is the birth of the Quebec women's cinema. The birth of the film was difficult, and funding has been largely achieved through donations from friends and a benefit concert. This war of the sexes takes place in a demanding formal research, based on the improvisation of the actors, whose preparation took place over long sessions in the workshop. The end result mixes black humour, horror and a very expressive fantasy that gave rise to heated debates.

Runtime: 82min

Extra details

Original Title: La cuisine rouge
Original Language: French
Budget: $247,946.00
Directed By: Frédérique Collin
Production Companies
Institut québécois du cinémaBallon BlancProductions Anastasie Inc.Les Films du CrépusculeCanada Council for the Arts