Gina is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, directed by Denys Arcand and released in 1975.[1] The film stars Celine Lomez as Gina, a stripper who, after being raped in a motel room, hires two criminal thugs to exact her revenge on the rapists.[2]

Gina
Directed byDenys Arcand
Written byJacques Poulin
Alain Dostie
Produced byLuc Lamy
Pierre Lamy
Starring
CinematographyAlain Dostie
Edited byDenys Arcand
Music byBenny Barbara
Michel Pagliaro
Release date
  • January 23, 1975 (1975-01-23)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

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Three parallel story lines draw an exploited hotel stripper (Lomez) who is sent to work a small Quebec town, a drunken gang of hell-raising snowmobilers, and a film crew attempting to shoot a political documentary about exploited textile workers (echoing Denys Arcand's own NFB-banned documentary On est au coton), together into a mixture of action, violence against women, and film as a political tool.

References

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  1. ^ Wyndham Wise, Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. University of Toronto Press, 2015. ISBN 9781442656208. Entry "Arcand, Denys".
  2. ^ Gilles Marsolais, "Un cinéma au temps présent". 24 images, No. 91 (1998), p. 6-7.
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