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Pea Soup

1979 · 94 min

A dense, essayistic collage of images and ideas that asks you to think hard about culture and power.

Directed by
Pierre Falardeau, Julien Poulin
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Marie Eykel, Paul Ross
Overview
Images and sounds are spliced together in this journey to the heart of the political, economic and cultural oppression of the Quebec people. A reflection on neo-colonial exploitation and the cancer of alienation. To the very Canadian multiculturalism of Trudeau and the métissage of the multinationals, celebrated by the high priests of the dominant ideology, is contrasted the idea of acculturation, even deculturation. A way of resisting as good as any other.

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Directed by
Pierre Falardeau, Julien Poulin
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Marie Eykel, Paul Ross
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    • politics
    • colonialism
    • identity
    • power
    • media
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    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
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    • documentary
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    • Language mild
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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Pierre Falardeau, Julien Poulin
    Starring
    Marie Eykel, Paul Ross
    Runtime
    94 min
    Country
    Canada
    Languages
    French

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