Fantastica (1980 film)

Fantastica is a 1980 French-Canadian musical film written and directed by Gilles Carle. It was entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] An English-language dialogue dubbed version of the film was broadcast on Superchannel, a pay-TV channel in western Canada in the early 1980s.

Fantastica
Film poster
Directed by	Gilles Carle
Written by	Gilles Carle
Produced by	Jean-Serge Breton Eric Fournier
Starring	Carole Laure
Cinematography	François Protat
Edited by	Hugues Darmois
Music by	Lewis Furey
Distributed by	Gaumont Distribution
Release date	31 October 1980 (1980-10-31)
Running time	110 minutes
Countries	France Canada
Language	French

Cast

• Carole Laure as Lorca
• Lewis Furey as Paul
• Serge Reggiani as Euclide Brown
• Claudine Auger as Johanne McPherson
• John Vernon as Jim McPherson
• Denise Filiatrault as Emma
• Claude Blanchard as Hector
• Michel-René Labelle as Louis
• Carine Carlier as Liliane
• Donald Pilon as Georges
• Gilbert Sicotte as Julien
• François Léveillé as Herve
• François Pratte as Willie
• Pierre Fauteux as Zacharie
• Guy L'Écuyer as Pompier

Soundtrack album

Released in 1980 by Acapella Beaubec Musique, the album's catalogue number is AC-108. The French pressing's catalogue number is RSL-1085. All songs composed by Lewis Furey, and arranged by John Lissauer. The album is produced by Lewis Furey and John Lissauer. The lyrics were printed on the inner sleeve. The album was reissued in 2005 on CD by Mantra Records (Mantra 020 WM 330) in France only.

Side one

• Fantastica (Theme generique) [1:32]
• Funny Funny [2:30]
• Be My Baby Tonight [3:28]
• This Could Have Been The Song [3:38]
• Fantastica [3:12]
• Goodbye Love [2:27]

Side two

• What's Wrong With Me [3:24]
• Happy's In Town [3:16]
• Lorca In Three Movements [9:27]
• This Could Have Been The Song (piano duo) [2:55]

Reception

The film was seen by 116,885 people in France.^[2]