Mon oncle Antoine

Mon oncle Antoine (1971)

Set in cold rural Quebec at Christmas time, we follow the coming of age of a young boy and the life of his family which owns the town's general store and undertaking business.

Date of release
1971-11-12
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (55)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Drama
Director
Claude Jutra

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Budget: CA$750K
  • Awards: 2 · Nominations: 1. Including: Canadian Film Award; Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada

Mon oncle Antoine is a 1971 French-language Canadian drama film directed by Claude Jutra for the National Film Board of Canada.

Production

Filming was done in Thetford Mines. Sydney Newman viewed the unfinished film in 1970, and told Jutra that he should delay its release so he could do additional filming. The new shooting was done in February 1971, and added $40,000 onto the film's budget. The NFB provided $237,214 (equivalent to $1,863,662 in 2025) to the film's budget.

The film was originally titled Silent Night, with the text being English even in the French-language version. Jutra renamed the film to Mon oncle Antoine to give the "phenomenon of spectator identification".

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