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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 0715515030823
Format: Anamorphic, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Criterion
Languages: FrenchOriginal LanguageEnglishSubtitledEnglishDubbed
Manufacturer: Criterion
MPN: CC1759DDVD
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Criterion
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 08, 2008
Running Time: 104 minutes
Studio: Criterion
Theatrical Release Date: 1971

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Claude Jutra's evocative portrait of a boy's coming of age in wintry 1940s rural Quebec has been consistently cited by critics and scholars as the greatest Canadian film of all time. Delicate naturalistic and tinged with a striking mix of nostalgia and menace Mon oncle Antoine follows the everyday lives of both young Benoit as he first encounters the twin terrors of sex and death and his fellow villagers living under the thumb of the local asbestos-mine owner. Set during one ominous Christmas Mon oncle Antoine is a holiday film unlike any other and an authentically detailed illustration of childhood's twilight.SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET FEATURES: New restored high-definition digital transfer supervised and approved by director of photography Michel BraultOn-Screen: Mon oncle Antoine a 2007 documentary tracing the making and history of the filmClaude Jutra an Unfinished Story a 2002 documentary that attempts to unravel "the Jutra mystery" featuring interviews with Brault Bernardo Bertolucci actors Genevieve Bujold and Saul Rubinek. and actor-director Paule BaillargeonA Chairy Tale a 1957 experimental short codirected by Jutra and Norman McLarenTheatrical trailerOptional English-dubbed soundtrackNew and improved English subtitle translationPLUS: A new essay by film scholar Andre LoiselleSystem Requirements:Running Time: 104 minutes Language: French / English Subtitles: EnglishFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/LOVE & ROMANCE Rating: NR UPC: 715515030823 Manufacturer No: CC1759DDVD

Amazon.com:
Mon Oncle Antoine is Claude Jutra's masterpiece: A poignant, starkly honest, but humane film, shot through with authenticity from beginning to end. Realized with an unflagging artistic vision, Mon Oncle Antoine poetically portrays a young boy's coming of age, vividly capturing the 1940s Quebec mining town in which he lives. Along with winning many awards in the 33 years since its release, this film has also left a visible influence on succeeding generations of Canadian filmmakers like Atom Egoyan. --Dan Vancini




Rating: - One of the best Canadian films ever made
This review is for the Criterion Collection DVD edition of the film.

Mon Oncle Antoine is a film that has been regarded as the best Canadian film of all time. I can say it is one of the best I have seen also.

The film is directed by Claude Jutra and is about a teenage boy living in an asbestos mining town in rural Quebec during Christmas in the 1940's. He works for his uncle who is the town mortician. The film has great cimenatography and has some great scenes of the town. ... Read More

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Rating: - Best film from Canada
Quebec cinema has usually run circles around Anglo-Canadian productions, and this is the cream of the crop. Ageless!

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Rating: - Magique !
Un film totalement magique, pour apprendre à aimer un peu plus la France des Amériques !

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Rating: - Canada's Favorite Uncle Antoine.
"There is one terrible thing in this world, and that is that everyone has their reasons"--Jean Renoir.

If ever a film deserved the Criterion treatment, it is this one. Québéc director Claude Jutra's Mon oncle Antoine is not only considered his masterwork, but most critics consider it to be the greatest Canadian film ever. Before making Mon oncle Antoine in 1971, Jutra worked with both François Truffaut and Jean Rouch, whose influences along with Renoir's are evident in this sensitive ... Read More

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Rating: - ONE OF OUR FEW TRUE CLASSICS
MON ONCLE ANTOINE is about rural life and the coming of age of a teenage boy whose uncle is an embalmer.Slow moving but immensely rewarding;one can feel the director's tenderness for his characters.The film can be hard to appreciate if you don't speak FRENCH or don't know much about the aspects of rural life in QUEBEC and it's mentality..JUTRA the director, plays a little part in the general store.JEAN DUCEPPE who plays ANTOINE was a very well known actor in QUEBEC;he formed his own theater company in ... Read More

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