Once Upon a Time in the East

Year: 1974

Runtime: 101 mins

Language: French

Director: André Brassard

ComedyDrama

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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