![Poster of the movie Once Upon a Time in the East [1974]](/images/posters/1000x1500/13/il-etait-une-fois-dans-l-est-1974-affiche.jpg)
1974 Drama
1h 41min
G
Interlocking stories adapted by author Michel Tremblay's popular plays from life on the Plateau, a borough of Montreal. A young teenager gets pregnant accidentally and must find a way to get an abortion, nobody will know about. A drag-queen goes to a gala night at a gay club, unaware that he will be humiliated for some stupid tricks he played on the homosexual community. A gullible house lady invites her neighbors to help her glue trading stamps, but they have plans to rob and humiliate the poor woman and her household.
| Directed by | André Brassard |
| Written by | Michel Tremblay, André Brassard |
| Company | Ciné-ArtCiné-ArtCiné-Art |
| Original title | Il était une fois dans l'est |
| Original lang. | French |
| Country | Canada |