A bowling-obsessed everyman and a queer albino walk into a bar—no punchline, just pure Québecois magic.
A friendship between a good man with bowling as his only passion and a queer albino.
Acting
Guy L'Écuyer's bowling alley existentialism is devastatingly funny.
Direction
Forcier's Québecois magical realism before it was trendy.
Cinematography
Bleached-out albino skin against fluorescent lanes = accidental art.
Director
André Forcier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 1980s 'cinéma de l'absurde' movement, this film is nearly impossible to find outside Québec archives.
Michel Côté, who plays François, became one of Québec's biggest stars; this was his breakout weirdo role.
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