Chili's Blues (, lit. "It Was the 12th of December and Chili Had the Blues") is a Canadian romantic drama film, directed by Charles Binamé and released in 1994.Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. . pp. 41-42. Set in 1963 and taking place in a train station in Montreal where passengers are temporarily stranded due to a snowstorm, the film centres on the interactions between Pierre-Paul (Roy Dupuis), a salesman, and Chili (Lucie Laurier), a depressed college student who is considering suicide, as they meet and fall in love while waiting for train services to resume.Bill Brownstein, "Chili Avait les Blues is a compelling Quebec film; Charles Biname has explored, not exploited, coming-of-age in '60s". Montreal Gazette, September 10, 1994.
The cast also includes Joëlle Morin, Julie Deslauriers, Emmanuel Bilodeau, Pierre Curzi, Jean-François Pichette, Normand Chouinard, Élise Guilbault and Isabelle Brouillette.
The film premiered on August 26, 1994 at the Montreal World Film Festival.Charles-Henri Ramond, "C’était le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues – Film de Charles Binamé". Films du Québec, December 28, 2008.
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