Chilis Blues

Movie
Audience Score
50
Chilis Blues
NR 1 hr 40 min
This FrenchCanadian drama takes place just after JFKs assassination and provides insight into the psychological ramifications of that event with its portrayal of a love story between a confused teen and a travelling salesman in a Quebec railroad station The date is Dec 19 1963 and train service has been delayed by a snow storm PierrePaul is a doortodoor salesman Chili is a despondent teenaged girl When PierrePaul enters a washroom stall he is surprised to find a girl hunched over with a gun in her mouth He runs to tell the stationmaster but she has gone by the time they return He tells the stationmaster that the girl was wearing a kilt Unfortunately the station is filled with other school girls dressed in the same outfit Eventually Chili comes up to PierrePaul and a careful romance is initiated as she tells him over her troubled life
DirectorCharles Binamé