Réjeanne Padovani

Réjeanne Padovani is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, written and directed by Denys Arcand and released in 1973.[1] It was his second narrative feature film as a director, but the first for which he was also the screenwriter.

Réjeanne Padovani
Directed byDenys Arcand
Produced byMarguerite Duparc
Written byDenys Arcand
Starring
Music byWalter Boudreau
CinematographyAlain Dostie
Edited byDenys Arcand
Marguerite Duparc
Production
company
Cinak
Distributed byCinepix Film Properties
Release date
  • October 3, 1973 (1973-10-03)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

An examination of political corruption,[2] the film stars Jean Lajeunesse as Vincent Padovani, a construction contractor with mafia ties who has just completed work on a major autoroute project, and is planning a major dinner party to thank the politicians who awarded him the contract. However, as the dinner approaches his plans are disrupted, both professionally by the launch of a public protest by several families whose homes were expropriated for the highway construction and personally by the return of Réjeanne (Luce Guilbeault), his ex-wife who is now married into the family of rival contractor Sam Tannenbaum (Henry Gamer).[3]

Réjeanne Padovani and Wedding in White were the only two Canadian films screened at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.[4] The French newspaper Le Monde called Réjeanne Padovani one of the best films screened at the festival.[4]

During Quebec's Charbonneau Commission inquiry into corruption in the awarding of construction contracts in the early 2010s, the film received renewed attention with some media outlets calling it "prophetic".[5]

References
  1. "The rise of Denys Arcand". Montreal Gazette, March 21, 1987.
  2. "Referendum led Quebec director to film about sex". Ottawa Citizen, February 16, 1987.
  3. "Reflecting Quebec events through Padovani". The Globe and Mail, February 2, 1974.
  4. "Le Monde calls Quebec film finest at Cannes". The Globe and Mail, May 17, 1973.
  5. "Le cas Réjeanne Padovani". Le Devoir, January 19, 2013.


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