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COMMUNITY RATING
In the 1960s, women swooned at his passing. The mention of his name could start a stampede. The mythic figure was Michel Louvain, who became the Wayne Newton of Quebec’s pop music scene in the 1950s. His admirers are mostly grandmothers now but their youthful passion has not aged. This respectful and tender film slips gently into the daily routines of five Louvain fans, women from different generations who made a place for the crooner in their hearts and in their lives. For them, he is the dream lover, the understanding friend, the most beautiful story ever told. The reality of course, is otherwise and they have sometimes empty emotional lives. The star-making machinery takes a bit of a hit, but the intimate portrait of these “ladies in blue” (the title comes from one of Louvain’s most famous song “La Dame en bleu“) reveals a desire to reach the unreachable, that universal yearning that sparkles within each of us.
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