A Quiet Revolution

About this episode

The episode discusses the landmark Quebec sexploitation film Valérie and features an interview with actress Danielle Ouimet.

Before she was Valerie in Daughters of Darknes s, actress Danielle Ouimet was Valérie in Valérie , a landmark Quebec sexploitation film from director Denis Héroux and producers André Link and John Dunning of the legendary Montreal-based Cinépix Inc. Valérie is a time capsule to a post-Expo 67 Montreal, a city looking to flaunt its new modernity, and with artists looking to stage their own révolution tranquille through boundary pushing, censor challenging works. One of the earliest and most successful of these works was Valérie , which at the time its release, was highest grossing Canadian film of all time. Joining us to talk about this special Québécois film is Toronto-based arts journalist and Canadian film historian Eric Veillette , as well as fellow countryman and sleaze expert, Alex DiSanto . Besides discussing all things Valérie and late 60s Canadian sexploitation, Eric has also provided us an exclusive interview with the Queen of Cinépix herself, Danielle Ouimet! Join us for this exciting sojourn north of the 49th parallel as we organize "A Quiet Revolution" of our own. Links: Rent Valérie on iTunes or Vimeo Subscribe to our Patreon Instagram with us at The Sin Syndicate…

People in this episode

Guests: Danielle Ouimet, Eric Veillette, Alex DiSanto

Topics covered

• Quebec cinema
• sexploitation films
• Canadian film history
• interviews
• film reviews

Keywords

• Valérie
• Danielle Ouimet
• sexploitation
• Canadian cinema
• Eric Veillette
• Alex DiSanto
• Cinépix

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cinépix Inc.

Books & works: Valérie, Daughters of Darkness

Places: Montreal

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