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Far Side of the Moon is a canadien film of genre Drama directed by Robert Lepage released in USA on 9 september 2003 with Anne-Marie Cadieux
Far Side of the Moon (2003)
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Add to a movie listFar Side of the Moon, in original French, La face cachée de la lune, is a 2003 film by Robert Lepage. The film is based on the play by the same name by Lepage and Adam Nashman. The film is set in the context of the USSR-United States Space Race of the 1960s. The leading characters are the brothers André and Philippe, both played by Robert Lepage. The film was Canada's official nomination for the foreign-language Oscar.
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L'action se déroule dans les années 1960 à Québec et dans l'Union soviétique. Alors que leur mère vient de mourir, Philippe et son frère (Lepage interprète les deux personnages), de parfaits opposés, demeurent seuls membres de la famille. Alors que son frère est annonceur météo à la télévision, Philippe échoue, pour la seconde fois, sa soutenance de thèse de doctorat sur l'importance du narcissisme dans l'odyssée des programmes spatiaux soviétique et américain. Il travaille au service de télévente du journal Le Soleil.Actors
Anne-Marie Cadieux
(La mère)
Robert Lepage
(Phillippe / André)
Céline Bonnier
(Nathalie)
Lorraine Côté
(Marie-Madeleine Bonsecours)
Richard Fréchette
(Le médecin)
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