''Chili's Blues'' (french: C'était le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues, lit. "It Was the 12th of December and Chili Had the Blues") is a Canadian romantic drama film, directed by Charles Binamé and released in 1994. Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . pp. 41-42. Set in 1963 and taking place in a train station in

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where passengers are temporarily stranded due to a snowstorm, the film centres on the interactions between Pierre-Paul ( Roy Dupuis), a salesman, and Chili ( Lucie Laurier), a depressed college student who is considering suicide, as they meet and fall in love while waiting for train services to resume. The cast also includes Joëlle Morin, Julie Deslauriers, Emmanuel Bilodeau,

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, Normand Chouinard and

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. The film premiered on August 26, 1994 at the

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.Charles-Henri Ramond
"C’était le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues – Film de Charles Binamé"
''Films du Québec'', December 28, 2008.

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* 1994 films 1994 drama films Canadian romantic drama films Films directed by Charles Binamé Films set in Montreal Films shot in Montreal French-language Canadian films 1990s Canadian films {{1990s-Canada-film-stub