Fleur bleue (The Apprentice)

Fleur bleue is a 1971 Quebecmade comedydrama film starring Susan Sarandon and Steve Fiset. Although the title literally translates to English as Blue Flower, it is better known in English as The Apprentice, which is a better translation of the idiom used in the title. It is one of the very few Canadian films that is functionally bilingual, shot in both English and French, with the appropriate dialogue dubbed for the appropriate audience.

Fleur bleue is one of the very few films to deal with the strain between Anglophone and Francophone relationships in the city of Montreal in the late 1960s and early 1970s. At the time the film was made, Montreal was largely segregated into French speaking areas in the east, and English speaking areas in the west, with the two groups rarely interacting with each other. JeanPierre and Elizabeth both are from Montreal, but neither has a working command of the others language JeanPierres English is nonfluent, and Elizabeths French is nonexistent.In addition to the strain of his relationships and his criminal career, JeanPierre is also dealing with a society which, while marginally under French political control, was largely under English economic control. This film was made just after department stores such as Eatons required their Francophone clerks to converse with customers in English only, even if the customer was a Francophone as well. JeanPierre, rightly or wrongly, blames his economic circumstances on Anglophones, who are the only ones who can provide him with an honest, but low paying, job. His girlfriend has come to the conclusion that separation from Canada is the only solution to the problems plaguing Francophones. Dock is convinced that it doesnt matter who is in charge people like him will suffer nevertheless, so its everyone for themselves. Elizabeth, who is relatively well off, doesnt acknowledge the problems that exist for all the Francophones with whom she shares her city . ........

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