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FrankVitalepushesboundariesinthisindependent,controversialstoryfrom1974thatexposestwodifferentworlds:thelow-rentbohemianareasofBoulevardSaint-Laurentandthemiddle-classsuburbsofMontreal.Frankisaphotographerlivingamongtheassortedoutcasts,junkies,gay/bisexualfriendsandartistspopulatingMontreal'sMainstreet.Quieterandmoreintrospectivethanmostofhisfriends,FrankmeetsJohnny,atwelve-year-oldkidlookingtoescapetheboredomofthesuburbs.ForFrank,thisnewfriendshipbothrenewsandconfuseshim.WhileforJohnny,itoffersthefreedomhecravessomuch.Butthisrelationshipisnotwithoutperils,anditwillbetested,bothfromwithinandwithout.Attimesdisquieting,MontrealMainisacinémavéritédepictionofanoffbeatgeneration,worldsapartfromtoday.<br/> "Onceinawhileyouseeafilmthatstayswithyouforalongtimeafterwards."MontrealMain"issuchafilm.Originallymadein1974andhavingplayedtheGLBTfestivalcircuit,thefilmdisappeared.NowitisfinallybeingreleasedonDVDanditisaveryspecialfilm.<br/> ThemovieisFrankVitale's(director,producer,andco-writer,star)autobiographicalstudy.Heplaysaphotographerlivingamongsomeoftheoutcastsofsociety--junkies,artistsandothersthatresideonMontreal'sMain.HeisaquietandintrospectivemanwhobecomessmittenbyJohnny,afourteenyearoldfromthebetterpartoftown.Howevertherelationshipisdoomedbythedegreeofhypocrisyandpossessivenessfromthegroupwhentheyrealizejusthowintensetherelationshipis.<br/> Theboy'sparentsbecomesuspiciousofFrank'sintentionsandthatisduetothegaysubplotofthefilm.Lookingatthefilmtodayandconsideringthatitwasmadein1974,thegayconnectionseemstenuous.Therealstoryisaboutamanwholeftadolescencebehindbutnothisadolescentsensibilities.Vitaleseemspuzzledbyhisfeelingsandfeelshehastoexplorehishomosexuality.WeareneverreallyonehundredpercentclearastowhatFrank'sinterestinJohnnyreallyis--hedoesnotmakeamoveontheboynordothetwospeakofsex.TheyparticipateinactivitiesthatareharmlessanditmayjustbethatFrankisrelivinghisboyhoodthroughJohnny,<br/> ThefilmbeautifullycapturestimeandplaceandwegetasenseofMontreal.Thisisanamazingindependentfilmthatremindsusofthe1970sanditisanintimatefilmevenifitis35yearsold."(AmosLassen)
