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Once Upon a Time in the East (1974) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1974 · 101 mins · French
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- Directed by
- André Brassard
- Starring
- Gilles Renaud, Sophie Lorain, Jean Lapointe, Denis Drouin, Rita Lafontaine, Jean-Pierre Bergeron
Two women and a transvestite gay man intersect in a modest Quebec city, a French‑Canadian drama. The transvestite prepares for a drag‑queen pageant, choosing Cleopatra as his persona. One woman, recently fired as a waitress, tries to return to the nightclub hosting the contest. The other’s mother has just won a million food stamps.
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