6 Movies Starring Rèmy Girard

Jesus of Montreal

Jesus of Montreal

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-05-25

Languages:

French, English, Italian

Countries:

Canada, France

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (5650 Reviews)

Director:

Denys Arcand

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

A group of actors putting on an interpretive Passion Play in Montreal begin to experience a meshing of their characters and their private lives as the production takes form against the growing opposition of the Catholic church.

Les Boys

Les Boys

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-12-12

Languages:

French

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

107 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (1547 Reviews)

Director:

Louis Saia

Cast:

Writer:

Christian Fournier

Louis Saia

Fullplot:

Ever wanted to know what guys say when they get together? This light- hearted comedy explores the male world through an amateur hockey team. Every male stereotype is analyzed, comically of course.

The Barbarian Invasions

The Barbarian Invasions

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-03-05

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

Canada, France

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (23819 Reviews)

Director:

Denys Arcand

Fullplot:

In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', 50-something Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. He decides to make amends meet to his friends and family before he dies. He first tries to made peace with his ex-wife Louise, who asks their estranged son Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. Sebastian makes the impossible happen, using his contacts and disrupting the entire Canadian system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the bitter end, while he also tries to reunite his former friends, Pierre, Alain, Dominique, Diane, and Claude to see their old friend before he passes on.

7 Days

7 Days

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-11-12

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (5586 Reviews)

Director:

Daniel Grou

Cast:

Writer:

Patrick Senècal (adaptation)

Patrick Senècal (novel)

Fullplot:

Bruno Hamel is a thirty eight year old surgeon. He lives in Drummondville with his wife Sylvie, and their eight year-old daughter Jasmine. Like many happy people, he is leading an uneventful life until a beautiful fall afternoon, when his daughter is raped and murdered. From then on, the world of the Hamel family collapses. When the murderer is arrested, a terrible project germinates in Bruno's darkened mind. He plans to capture the "monster" and make him pay for his crime. The day the murderer appears in Court, Hamel, who had prepared his plan in great detail, kidnaps the monster and later sends the police a brief message stating that the rapist and murderer of his daughter was going to be tortured for 7 days and then executed. Once this task accomplished, he will then give himself up.

Incendies

Incendies

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-01-12

Languages:

French, Arabic, English

Countries:

Canada, France

Runtime:

139 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (65816 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Valèrie Beaugrand-Champagne (script consultant)

Wajdi Mouawad (play)

Denis Villeneuve

Fullplot:

A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to the Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love.

Father and Guns

Father and Guns

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-01-09

Languages:

French

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (1163 Reviews)

Fullplot:

They are father and son. They are both cops. And they are about to work together as a team. Trouble is... neither can stand the sight of the other. Jacques and Marc have been paired up in order to save the life of a brother officer who has been kidnapped by a biker gang. The success of their mission hinges on a lawyer in crisis. Charles Bèrubè may be the bikers' legal representative, but his conscience is giving him such a bad time that he looks ready to betray his clients to the forces of law and order. Jacques and Marc go undercover to get up close and personal with their target. Will they gain Bèrubè's trust? Will they coax him into baring his troubled conscience and all the information it contains? The film combines the strengths of a great, classic comedy cop thriller with a hilarious study of a dysfunctional, father-son relationship.

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