Les Belles-sœurs (French pronunciation: [le bɛl sœʁ]; "The Sisters-in-Law") is a two-act play written by Michel Tremblay in 1965. It was Tremblay's first professionally produced work and remains his most popular and most translated work. The play has had a profound effect on Quebec language, culture and theatre. Set in Montreal in the 1960s, the plot involves a woman who, having won an enormous quantity of trading stamps in a sweepstakes, throws a "stamping party", with her female relatives and some neighbourhood women invited. As the women paste the stamps into booklets, they bicker, banter, critique, and argue about their problems, circumstances, and everything wrong with the world. Les Belles-sœurs premiered at Théâtre du Rideau Vert on August 28, 1968.
Adaptations (1)
Les Belles-sœurs was adapted into a 2004 film.
Geraldine's Fortune2004 · film · 93 min · dir. John N. Smith · IMDb ↗IMDb5.9A grocery-store worker in a small Canadian town gets a chance to appear on a popular television game show.
