Chili's Blues

{{Infobox film | name = Chili's Blues | native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|C'était le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues}} | image = | caption = Film poster | director = [[Charles Binamé]] | producer = Louise Gendron | writer = José Fréchette | starring = [[Roy Dupuis]]<br>[[Lucie Laurier]] | music = Richard Grégoire | cinematography = [[Pierre Mignot]] | editing = Gaétan Huot | studio = Les Productions du Cerf | distributor = Alliance Vivafilm | runtime = 100 minutes | released = {{film date|1994|08|26|[[Montreal World Film Festival|MWFF]]}} | country = Canada | language = French | budget = }} '''''Chili's Blues''''' ({{langx|fr|C'était le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues}}, lit. "It Was the 12th of December and Chili Had the Blues") is a Canadian romantic drama film, directed by [[Charles Binamé]] and released in 1994.<ref name=pratley>[[Gerald Pratley]], ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. {{ISBN|1-894073-21-5}}. pp. 41-42.</ref> Set in 1963 and taking place in a train station in [[Montreal]] where passengers are temporarily stranded due to a snowstorm, the film centres on the interactions between Pierre-Paul ([[Roy Dupuis]]), a salesman, and Chili ([[Lucie Laurier]]), a depressed college student who is considering suicide, as they meet and fall in love while waiting for train services to resume.<ref>Bill Brownstein, "Chili Avait les Blues is a compelling Quebec film; Charles Biname has explored, not exploited, coming-of-age in '60s". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', September 10, 1994.</ref>

The cast also includes Joëlle Morin, Julie Deslauriers, [[Emmanuel Bilodeau]], [[Pierre Curzi]], [[Jean-François Pichette]], Normand Chouinard, [[Élise Guilbault]] and [[Isabelle Brouillette]].

The film premiered on August 26, 1994 at the [[Montreal World Film Festival]].<ref>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/cetait-le-12-du-12-et-chili-avait-les-blues-charles-biname/ "C’était le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues – Film de Charles Binamé"]. ''Films du Québec'', December 28, 2008.</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0109359}}

[[Category:1994 films]] [[Category:1994 drama films]] [[Category:Canadian romantic drama films]] [[Category:Films directed by Charles Binamé]] [[Category:Films set in Montreal]] [[Category:Films shot in Montreal]] [[Category:French-language Canadian films]] [[Category:1994 Canadian films]]