Two Women in Gold (French: Deux femmes en or) is a Canadian sex comedy film, directed by Claude Fournier and released in 1970.[1] The film stars Monique Mercure and Louise Turcot as Fernande and Violette, two housewives in suburban Brossard, Quebec, who are trapped in unfulfilling marriages to husbands Yvon (Marcel Sabourin) and Bob (Donald Pilon), and deal with their frustrations by beginning to have casual sex with the delivery or repair men who come to their houses.[2]
Two Women in Gold | |
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French | Deux femmes en or |
Directed by | Claude Fournier |
Written by | Claude Fournier Marie-José Raymond |
Produced by | Claude Fournier Pierre Lamy |
Starring | Monique Mercure Louise Turcot |
Cinematography | Claude Fournier |
Edited by | Claude Fournier |
Music by | Robert Charlebois |
Production company | Les Films Claude Fournier |
Distributed by | France Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
The cast also includes Jean-Vincent Fournier, Francine Morand, Yvon Deschamps, Donald Lautrec, Gilles Latulippe, Réal Béland, Janine Sutto, Paul Buissonneau, Jean Lapointe, Paul Berval, Georges Groulx and Raymond Lévesque, as well as activist Michel Chartrand in a small role as the judge who declares Fernande and Violette to be "femmes en or" at the conclusion of the film.
Although not immediately popular with critics, the film was a significant commercial success, making at least $2 million at the box office in its initial run.[2] Its success was part of a wave of films that reignited the commercial viability of the Cinema of Quebec, following a number of fallow years in the late 1960s.[3] As of 2020, it was still recognized as one of the most commercially successful films in Quebec's cinematic history.[4]
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