A film-opera divided into nine segments, Au pays de Zom tells a day in the life of Mister Zom, a capitalist infatuated with his own person, whose conformism is only matched by his artistic velleity. A thematic sequel to his movie filmed with Mexican peasants, here Groulx asks, by making a business man sing, a second question on happiness: this time about the ones for whom happiness is linked with the possession of overabundance. He delivers, by developing the theatrical dimension with great emphasis, a social pamphlet with a strong satirical charge that he himself qualified as a "neo-surrealist fantasy".
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Cast
24 people
Joseph Rouleau
M Zom
Also in
La Plante Humaine
Don Carlo
Françoise Berd
Mme. Zom
Known for
A Special Day
Agnes of God
Jean Dansereau
Also in
The Rape of a Sweet Young Girl
A Pacemaker and a Sidecar
Gilles Groulx
Gaston Lepage
Gaston
Known for
Jesus of Montreal
Aurore
René Racine
Jardinier
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Charles E. Trudeau
Chauffer de M Zom
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Christiane Alarie
Une secrétaire
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Marie-France Lamoureux
Une secrétaire
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Michèle Mercure
Une secrétaire
Known for
Sweet Movie
Danielle Schneider
Une secrétaire
Also in
Little Gloria... Happy at Last
The First Time
Omer Duranceau
Homme d'affaire
No other roles listed
Gilles Groulx Director · Jacques Hétu Composer Alain Dostie Cinematographer
Budget $290K · First release January 1, 1982 · Produced in Canada
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Budget
$290,000
Production
ONF | NFB
Production
Canada
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Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Canada · January 1, 1982
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No release date listed for United States.
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