Film about 1950s heartthrob opens Montreal festival
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 | 2:41 PM ET
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Singer Michel Louvin with one of the 'ladies in blue' in the film Les Dames en Bleu. (Festival du nouveau cinema)Les Dames en Blue (Ladies in Blue) opens Montreal's Festival du Nouveau Cinéma on Thursday, with a blue carpet unfurling at the Imperial Cinema.
The film by Quebec director Claude Demers is a look at Michel Louvain, a heartthrob who was the Wayne Newton of Quebec's pop music scene in the 1950s and '60s.
Shot in cinéma vérité style, the documentary looks at the lives of five Louvain fans of different ages.
Demers, Louvain and the women who love him (named the ladies in blue after one of his popular songs) walk the blue carpet at the world premiere Thursday night.
The Festival du Nouveau Cinéma focuses on new and innovative cinema and features 250 films from 48 countries over the next 10 days.
Two more films by Quebec directors open Thursday, Nuages sur la ville by Simon Galiero and Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam by Omar Majeed.
In competition for the Louvre D'Or, which has a $15,000 cash award this year, are films such as:
- Double Take (Belgium), by Johan Grimonprez.
- Eamon (Ireland), by Margaret Corkory.
- Teta Asustada (Peru), by Claudia Llosa.
- Left Handed (Japan), by Laurence Thrush.
The closing film is Les Derniers Jours du Monde (Happy End), a romance by Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu of France to screen Oct. 19.
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