The Toaster (French: Le Toasteur) is a Canadian comedy short film, directed by Michel Bouchard and released in 1982. The film stars Gabriel Arcand as Louis, an assembly line worker in a toaster factory who decides to rebel against the monotony of always performing the same task over and over again by breaking into the factory after hours to assemble an entire toaster, from start to finish, himself.[1]

The Toaster
FrenchLe Toasteur
Directed byMichel Bouchard
Written byMichel Bouchard
Robert Gurik
Produced byMichel Bouchard
StarringGabriel Arcand
Jean Mathieu
Jean-Pierre Saulnier
CinematographyPierre Mignot
Edited byAndré Corriveau
Music byAlain Clavier
Production
company
Cinékina
Distributed byCinémathèque québécoise
Release date
  • 1982 (1982)
Running time
27 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The cast also includes Jean Mathieu, Jean-Pierre Saulnier, George Antoniades, Joan Lenarcic, Don Rideout, Tony Rinella, Donna Taborowski and Lottie Urbanek.

The film was a Genie Award nominee for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 4th Genie Awards in 1983.[2]

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  1. ^ Michel Coulombe et Marcel Jean, Le dictionnaire du cinéma québécois. Éditions Boréal, 1988. p. 56.
  2. ^ Jay Scott, "Top Genie prospects for Jack Miner movie". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1983.
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