An Imaginary Tale
Une histoire inventée
An Imaginary Tale at FMovies. In this tragicomedy, Toni is the director of a staged rendition of Othello in Montreal. It is a pet project of his, financed by his loving mafia uncle. Unbeknownst to him, the audiences are also rounded up (and paid) by the same uncle. Some of them have seen every performance of this tragic play, and are understandably bored, so when the backstage romantic shenanigans of the actors result in absurd situations onstage, the audience is delighted. There are a huge number of romantic situations going on in this film at the same time. One of them involves Gaston a somewhat world-weary jazz musician, and Florence, a glamorous middle-aged woman who has been pining for him for years. Another involves to members of the musician's jazz trio. Yet another involves the play's Desdemona, Soledad, the girlfriend of the man playing Othello, who can't keep his hands off his (female) dresser.
- Genre: Drama
- Country: Canada
- Director: André Forcier
- Cast: Jean Lapointe, Louise Marleau, Charlotte Laurier, Marc Messier, Jean-François Pichette, France Castel, Tony Nardi, Marc Gélinas, Warren 'Slim' Williams, Léo Munger, Angelo Cadet, Louise Gagnon, Denis Bouchard, Donald Pilon, Denys Paris, Patrice Coquereau, Marcel Fournier, Charlotte Bernard, Roland Laroche, Alain Gendreau, Alda Viero,