Backyard Theatre

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Overview

Backyard Theatre is a documentary about playwright Michel Tremblay and director André Brassard’s flavourful brand of Quebec theatre, which captured the earthy wit and joual (slang) of Montreal's East End working-class neighbourhood. The film features impromptu improvisation by the cast of Les belles-soeurs and Demain matin, Montréal m'attend, two genre-defining plays.

Cast: Michel Tremblay, André Brassard, Ève Gagnier, Amulette Garneau, Mirielle Lachance, more

Director: Jean Pierre Lefebvre

Genres: Documentary

Cast

Michel Tremblay

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André Brassard

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Ève Gagnier

Amulette Garneau

Mirielle Lachance

Monique Mercure

Denise Morelle

Denise Filiatrault

Louise Forestier

Claude Gai

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Odette Gagnon

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Normand Morin

André Montmorency

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