Twice Upon a Time

Jan 1, 1979

0h 11m

★ 0.0

Overview

This short satirical film takes us to Stereoville, a city where citizens must literally double up in their efforts to deal with the community’s 2 official languages. In Stereoville, each speaker of one language is tied to a speaker of the other, back-to-back. Into this two-stepping society stumbles a character whose very existence causes considerable consternation among locals: an unattached individual with command of both languages.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

Twice Upon a Time Trailers

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Cast

Bilingual Man

Michael Choquette

Manager

Jeannette Casenave

La gérante

Évelyn Regimbald

Desk Clerk

Wayne Robson

Commis à la réception

Jean Archambault

Governor

Basil Fitzgibbon

Gouverneur

Camille Ducharme

Secretary

Graham Batchelor

Secrétaire

Jacques Lavallée

Choreographer

Kevin Fenlon

Chorégraphe

Michel Forgues

Customer

Valda Dalton

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