The Red Kitchen
1980, French. Directed by Paule Baillargeon & Frédérique Collin.
On a wedding day, women are confined to the kitchen to prepare the meal while the men wait to be served. While men talk politics and sports, women talk about their condition. A teenager observes the gap between the sexes. Co-directed by two actresses, Paule Baillargeon and Frederique Collin, The Red Kitchen is the birth of the Quebec women's cinema. The birth of the film was difficult, and funding has been largely achieved through donations from friends and a benefit concert. This war of the sexes takes place in a demanding formal research, based on the improvisation of the actors, whose preparation took place over long sessions in the workshop. The end result mixes black humour, horror and a very expressive fantasy that gave rise to heated debates.
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Paule BaillargeonDirector
- Frédérique CollinDirector
- Michèle MercureThe bride
- Han MassonDaybe
- Catherine BrunelleDarling
- Marie OuelletMireille
- Monique MercureThe mother
- Valérie DéjoieEstelle
- Claude MaherThe groom
- Gilles RenaudThe father
- Guy ThauvetteThibault Frenette
- Raymond CloutierPatrice Quenneville
- Jean-Pierre SaulnierArmel
- Pierre CurziVal Aimé
Details
- Released
- 29 May 1980
- Original title
- La cuisine rouge
- Country
- Canada
- Written by
- Frédérique Collin, Paule Baillargeon, Marie La Haye
- Budget
- $248K
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The Red Kitchen runs 82 minutes (1h 22m).
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The Red Kitchen isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 29 May 1980. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Red Kitchen?
The Red Kitchen (1980) was directed by Paule Baillargeon and Frédérique Collin and stars Michèle Mercure, Han Masson, Catherine Brunelle.