Fantastica (1980 film)

Fantastica is a 1980 French-Canadian musical film written and directed by Gilles Carle. It was entered into the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.[1] An English-language dialogue dubbed version of the film was broadcast on Superchannel, a pay-TV channel in western Canada in the early 1980s.

Fantastica
Film poster
Directed byGilles Carle
Written byGilles Carle
Produced byJean-Serge Breton
Eric Fournier
StarringCarole Laure
CinematographyFrançois Protat
Edited byHugues Darmois
Release date
  • 31 October 1980 (1980-10-31)
Running time
110 minutes
CountriesFrance
Canada
LanguageFrench

Cast

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Soundtrack album

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Released in 1980 by Acapella Beaubec Musique, the album's catalogue number is AC-108. The French pressing's catalogue number is RSL-1085. All songs composed by Lewis Furey, and arranged by John Lissauer. The album is produced by Lewis Furey and John Lissauer. The lyrics were printed on the inner sleeve. The album was reissued in 2005 on CD by Mantra Records (Mantra 020 WM 330) in France only.

Side one
  • Fantastica (Theme generique) [1:32]
  • Funny Funny [2:30]
  • Be My Baby Tonight [3:28]
  • This Could Have Been The Song [3:38]
  • Fantastica [3:12]
  • Goodbye Love [2:27]
Side two
  • What's Wrong With Me [3:24]
  • Happy's In Town [3:16]
  • Lorca In Three Movements [9:27]
  • This Could Have Been The Song (piano duo) [2:55]

Reception

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The film was seen by 116,885 people in France.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Fantastica". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
  2. ^ Marshall 2001, p. 85.

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