Au pays de Zom

A filmopera 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 neosurrealist fantasy