Mon oncle Antoine

Mon oncle Antoine French pronunciationm nkl twan is a 1971 National Film Board of Canada Office national du film du Canada French language drama film. Qubcois director Claude Jutra cowrote the screenplay with Clment Perron and directed what is one of the most acclaimed works in Canadian film history.

Benoit is a young teenage boy living in rural Quebec. He works at the town general store belonging to his aunt Cecile and his uncle, Antoine, who is also the town undertaker. December 24th he begins work, setting up the store display much to the delight of the town and flirting with Carmen, the young girl his uncle and aunt employ whom they treat as an adopted child.Madame Jos Poulin eldest son, Marcel, dies that day and she places a call to the store asking if Antoine can come to take care of the body. For the first time Antoine is allowed to go with him. After they load the body into a coffin they prepare to take it home. However on the way home Benoit encourages the horse to run as quickly as possible causing the coffin to fall off the sleigh. He tries to get Antoine to help put the coffin back on the body, however Antoine who has been steadily drinking throughout the day is unable to lift the coffin. He confesses to Benoit that he hates dealing with the dead bodies and that he is miserable in his life, wishing that he had achieved his dream of owning a hotel in the U.S. like he wanted to. He further confesses that though he treats Benoit and Carmen like his own, he regrets that his wife was unable to give him children. ........

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