Chili's Blues (C'était le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues) 30 years old

This French-Canadian drama takes place just after JFK's 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. Pierre-Paul is a door-to-door salesman. Chili is a despondent teenaged girl. When Pierre-Paul 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 Pierre-Paul and a careful romance is initiated as she tells him over her troubled life.

Credits

Chili's Blues Cast

Name Character
Roy Dupuis He was 31, now 61 years old as Pierre-Paul
Élise Guilbault She was 63, now 63 years old as Femme en escarpins
Julie Deslauriers She was 18, now 48 years old as Cathou Barbeau
Emmanuel Bilodeau He was 29, now 60 years old as Employé CN
Pierre Curzi He was 78, now 78 years old as Monsieur CN
Brigitte Paquette She was 64, now 64 years old as Mère de Chili
Pascale Montpetit She was 63, now 63 years old as Waitress du snackbar
Isabelle Brouillette as Waitress du snackbar
Lucie Laurier She was 19, now 49 years old as Chili
Normand Chouinard He was 76, now 76 years old as Monsieur danse sociale
Marie-Chantal Perron She was 57, now 57 years old as Caissière du restaurant
Francine Ruel She was 76, now 76 years old as Madame Eaton #1
Luc Proulx He was 73, now 73 years old as Homme à la tasse de café
Vincent Lemay-Thivierge as Chouinard
Fanny Lauzier She was 19, now 50 years old as La Puce
Michel Charette He was 54, now 54 years old as Garçon (15 ans)
Marie-Renée Patry as Soeur Saint-Agnès
Marie-Josée Bergeron as Marie-Stella
Jean-François Pichette He was 62, now 62 years old as Père de Chili
Claude Gagnon He was 75, now 75 years old as Bébert
Julien Laurier as Chili enfant
Steve Gendron as Fils de M. Mini-Buick
Joëlle Morin She was 41, now 72 years old as Lili Tomasso
Margot Campbell She was 89, now 89 years old as Madame Eaton #2

Chili's Blues Crew

Name Department
Charles Binamé as Director. He was 45 (now 75) years old Directing
Chili's Blues poster
Chili's Blues (30 years)

  • Release day: Friday, May 27, 1994
  • Runtime: 100 minutes