Thirty-seven-year-old Ricardo Trogi narrates the story of a specific time from his childhood about which he still obsesses, in a time that changed his childhood. The year was 1981, when he, then eleven years old, was just starting grade 6. He was obsessed with material possessions, and as he felt his working class parents didn't buy those things for him he wanted so dearly, his most prized possession was the Consumers Distributing catalog from which he made his list of items ... (Full plot summary below)
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Thirty-seven-year-old Ricardo Trogi narrates the story of a specific time from his childhood about which he still obsesses, in a time that changed his childhood. The year was 1981, when he, then eleven years old, was just starting grade 6. He was obsessed with material possessions, and as he felt his working class parents didn't buy those things for him he wanted so dearly, his most prized possession was the Consumers Distributing catalog from which he made his list of items he wanted, long at the top of the list a $400 calculator watch. These possessions he felt would impress the world. He largely dismissed his waitress mother Claudette, but he admired his father Benito. Although he at the time didn't know what his father did for a living, Ricardo believed he was smart enough to be a lawyer if he had the means to go to college, that belief largely by the stories Benito told of growing up during WWII in Italy. In 1981, the family, which included his adolescent sister Nadia, moved to the suburbs of Quebec City, into a house and neighborhood of a higher class than before. As such, Ricardo felt even more pressure to have those material possessions to keep up with his new classmates. Those possessions at the top of the list changed: a Sony Walkman, the new toy that no one yet had except the boy whose father worked for Sony; and a red K-Way jacket. The latter item was so he could befriend a group of three other boys who all wore such jackets. This desire was despite one of those boys, Jérôme, constantly making fun of his name. That year was also his first crush, on the "brains" of the class, Anne Tremblay, who didn't give him the time of day despite he believing he was doing all the right things under the circumstances, such as having a perfectly straight part down the middle of his hair as was the style of the day. To impress Anne and the group of three boys, Ricardo started to tell lies - both small white lies as well as big bold faced lies - to be what and who he thought they would like. But it was two individual incidents - one with each of his mother and father - that year, the outcomes of which which changed his perspective of life, and resulted in him finding out that Anne was not quite the goddess he had quietly placed on a pedestal.
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| User ReviewSimon RUn divertissement vraiment léger. Plusieurs moments touchants, plusieurs moments amusants. Plusieurs références à la culture populaire des années 80 et quelques séquences mettant en vedette nos joyeux nazis. Un film que je recommande à tous. Vous aurez un sourire collé au visage pour plusieurs heures après le visionnement de ce film. |
| User ReviewGabrielle REven though I'm a french canadian, I don't like french canadian films usualy. BUT THAT ONE, THAT ONE WAS AWESOME! Seriously, I remondand it to all french speakers all over the world, its touching, funny and incridibly realistic. It might be hard to understand for people who are not from Quebec because of the big Quebec accent of the actors but you can always put subtitles just in cases. GREAT GREAT GREAT FILM, WATCH IT! |
| User ReviewAlex MLa plus grande partie du film est un plaisir à écouter. Simple histoire et à la fois très efficace, Trogi nous amène dans sa famille de classe moyenne en 1981. La fin me parait un peu trop facile. |
| User ReviewYew LIf you grew up in the 80s, you would love everything about this movie; and if you didn't, you would love it too. This coming-of-age movie is based on the real events as recalled by the filmmaker Ricardo Trogi himself. |
| User ReviewMike NTrop bon, plusieurs de mes amis m'ont dit que c so so, mais ayoye vraiment bon..Les coupes vents kiwi et les Mr Freeze du Perette, ca m'a rappeler bcp de souvenirs..A+++ |
| User ReviewKarine CC'est du bonbon pour les près de 40 ans. Excellent film pour les 10 ans et plus qui veulent connaître l'enfance de leurs parents. Les jeunes acteurs y sont très bons et attachants. |
| User ReviewFrédéric BFilm a voir si vous etiez enfant dans les annees 1980. On dirait un long videoclip de la chanson "les etoiles filantes" des Cowboys Fringants. On fait des maudits bons films :) |
| User ReviewKatherine Lléger mais tellement bon! Ricardo Trogi frappe de nouveau avec 1981. |
| User ReviewMartin SJ'ai bien aimé! Aussi bon que ce à quoi je m'attendais. J'aurai même aimé qu'il soit un peu plus long... :) |
| User ReviewGuillaume MPetites jokes cutes, mais pas vraiment d'histoire en arrière de tout ça...simplement une leçon de vie! |
