Wow (film)

Wow is a 1969 Québécois film directed by Claude Jutra, produced by the National Film Board of Canada.

Wow
Directed by	Claude Jutra
Written by	Danielle Bail Pierre Charpentier
Produced by	Robert Forget
Starring	Danielle Bail Pierre Charpentier Philippe Dubé Dave Gold Marc Harvey François Jasmin Michèle Mercure Philippe Raoul Monique Simard
Cinematography	Gilles Gascon André-Luc Dupont
Edited by	Claire Boyer Yves Dion Claude Jutra
Music by	Pierre F. Brault Jim Solkin
Distributed by	National Film Board of Canada
Release date	1969 (1969)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French
Budget	$171,886[1]

Synopsis

Claude Jutra's first feature-length film is an improvised docudrama about the lives and dreams of nine Montreal young people. The film is made up of nine separate episodes, each one expressing a particular fantasy of one member of the group. This exuberant, low-budget effort, shot in the style of the French New Wave films, provides hints of Jutra's immense talents as a director.^[2]

Production

Subjects in the film included some participants Jutra had worked with in his 1966 mockumentary film The Devil's Toy (Rouli-roulant), a faux-anti-skateboarding propaganda film.^[3]

Sequel

Thirty years after the production of Wow, the NFB co-produced a sequel Wow 2, using the same concept of adolescents acting out their dreams. This film was directed by Jean-Philippe Duval and co-produced by Monique Simard [fr], who was a participant in the original film.