A film-opera divided into nine segments, Au pays de Zom tells a day in the life of Mister Zom, a capitalist infatuated with his own person, whose conformism is only matched by his artistic velleity. A thematic sequel to his movie filmed with Mexican peasants, here Groulx asks, by making a business man sing, a second question on happiness: this time about the ones for whom happiness is linked with the possession of overabundance. He delivers, by developing the theatrical dimension with great emphasis, a social pamphlet with a strong satirical charge that he himself qualified as a "neo-surrealist fantasy".
Released: Jan 01, 1982
Runtime: 77 minutes
Stars: Joseph Rouleau, Françoise Berd, Gaston Lepage, René Racine, Charles E. Trudeau, Christiane Alarie
Crew: Gilles Groulx (Director), Gilles Groulx (Editor), Jean Dansereau (Producer), Jacques Hétu (Music), Alain Dostie (Director of Photography)