Bon Cop Bad Cop

Just as we got to Montreal, there was a new Quebec movie released. Now Quebec has a thriving movie industry. Not only is Montreal the location for many Hollywood movies, the province itself produces their own movies that are extremely succesful. In Quebec. There's even a fun movie museum in Quebec City devoted to the succes of Quebec movies. Makes you wonder why we don't have that.

The new movie was highly original and unique in it's kind: it was the first bilingual movie released in Canada! At least that's how they wanted to sell it to the audience. We went to see it, because it was the movie to see. And although the movie was crap, we had great fun. The movie is called 'Bon Cop, Bad Cop' and is about two investigators who have to work together. The typical buddy cop movie. One is from Ontario and the other from Quebec. The reason why they have to work together is because a dead body has been found on top of the huge border sign between On and Q. So the body is basically half on each territory.

The two don't get along of course, but end up finding the killers who is kiling of people that mess with his favourite hockey team. Yes, this is Canada. EVERYTHING is about hockey.

What i liked though, although i did not get all the jokes and i understood only half of the Quebequois, were the jokes between the two cultures. My sister and I strongly believed that a film like that could work in Belgium too. However, just like in Canada, only one region will go watch the movie. In this case, the people from Quebec, as the characters from Ontario are not really presented at their best. One scene was hilarious: the french speaking cop is fucking the ontarian cop's sister (yes, it's that kind of movie) and shey says: teach me something in French. Then when she's about to come she shouts: VIVE LE QUEBEC LIBRE!!!!!! I can imagine Jan Verheyen making a Flemish version of this movie and then a Walloon woman shouting: VLAANDEREN VRIJ! when she's about to come!

oh well. stupid movie, will never be released here, but the thing to do while we were there.