A feature-length documentary about the famous Quebec Winter Carnival beauty pageant of 1975. Each year, seven beauties are carefully selected: a queen and six duchesses. A dream that many a young girl has cherished and lived... or experienced firsthand. They will have entered a competition marked by several stages. A tailor-made demeanor will have been demanded of them, one that has taken many hours to shape. The overall impression the viewer gets is captivating: the backstage of the Carnival is opened to an honest, yet wonderfully biased, camera.
Direction
Favreau's sly camera catches what pageants try to hide.
Production
1975 Quebec aesthetic is accidentally iconic.
Director
Robert Favreau
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Quebec Winter Carnival's pageant tradition ran from 1955-1994; this doc captures its peak before feminist backlash ended it.
Favreau's observational style influenced the Direct Cinema movement in French Canada, though this remains his most commercially accessible work.
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