Eric K. Boulianne
Also Known As: Éric K. Boulianne, Éric Kamala Boulianne
Biography: Eric K. Boulianne is one of the most prolific Canadian screenwriters of his generation. He explores auteur cinema as much as mainstream cinema. He wrote or co-wrote, among others, the short film Little Brother (Petit Frère) (selected at the 53rd Cannes Critics’ Week and screened at more than 60 international festivals), the sequel to the popular success De Père En Flic (bigger Canadian box office in 2017) as well as PRANK (selected for the 31st Venice Film Festival Critics’ Week). Since 2019, no less than 6 feature films scripted or co-scripted by Eric K. Boulianne have been released: Before We Explode (Avant Qu’on Explose) (nominated in the best screenplay category at the Québec Cinéma 2019 gala), Compulsive Liar (Menteur) (biggest box office Canadian in 2019), Les Barbares de la Malbaie, Viking (in competition in the Platform section of TIFF 2022), Farador (in which he also plays the main role) and The Dishwasher (Le Plongeur) (nearly a million at the Quebec box office) . Recently, Making Babies (Faire Un Enfant), a short film he wrote and directed, had its international premiere at the Locarno Film Festival where it won the prize for Best Director in the Pardi di domani section.
Department: Writing
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Gender: Male
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Farador
Overview: Charles, Louis, and Guillaume are three friends who live together as roommates in the same house, where they spend all of their free time still playing the same Farador campaign they began as teenagers; their other friend Paul has recently moved out of the house and abandoned the game to live with his girlfriend. When Charles's sister Kim, who has recently broken up with her longtime Belgian boyfriend Tom after realizing that she might be a lesbian, moves into Paul's vacated room, her presence, and her determination to push her brother to finally take the plunge on his unrealized ambition to write and publish an erotic fantasy novel, upset the group dynamics and force them to make one last push to finally reach the Castle of Farador and end the game.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-04-21
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Big Brother
Overview: Antoine and his former Big Brother reunite after the latter, now a father, moved to Russia several years previously. They roam the city to make up for lost time but quickly realize that their relationship is no longer the same.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-10-08
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Making Babies
Overview: After many years together, a couple decides to have a baby. Throughout their relentless efforts, the partners try to maintain their love and unity. MAKING BABIES is a minimalist comedy drama that takes a bittersweet look at a couple’s life, with its doubts, its challenges and its resilience.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-10-08
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The Dishwasher
Overview: Montreal, Winter 2002. Stéphane, 19 years old, fan of Metal, student in graphic design, dreams of becoming an illustrator. But for months he has been caught in a threatening spiral: he is addicted to games. Indebted, without an apartment, avoiding his friends to whom he owes money, Stéphane takes a job as a dishwasher in a restaurant in a major Italian restaurant in Montreal in order to get by. There, he will meet Bébert, a cook who burns the candle at both ends, and Greg, a waiter with disreputable actions. Will Stéphane make it through this new job or will he fall into a downward spiral of bad choices?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-08-22
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Les Royaumes de Kromaki
Overview: The first day of shooting of Realms of Kromaki, an epic medieval production shot entirely on green screen - Entirely.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-02-23
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Le plongeur : du livre à l’écran
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-02-17
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Little Brother
Overview: Antoine, 14-year old troublesome teenager, spends the day with his tutor, Julian. For one last time before the latter's departure to Russia, the two "brothers" mess around in the city streets.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-05-24
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Viking
Overview: Five people are recruited by the Viking Society to collaborate on the first manned mission to Mars. They were chosen because of the psychological similarities they share with the five astronauts who will travel to the red planet. These volunteers therefore form a B-team of alter egos who will experience the adventure in parallel, behind closed doors on Earth.
Genres: Drama Comedy Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-09-25
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Prank
Overview: Stefie, an unremarkable teenage loner, is recruited by Martin, Jean-Sé and Lea to record their daily capers with his cellphone. The four pranksters decide to set up a stunt that go beyond anything they’ve done so far… But this time, who will be the victim? A funny and cruel coming-of-age story about love, friendship, peer pressure and loss of innocence.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-09-07
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The Fall of Sparta
Overview: When we are young, we sometimes feel that the world is stacked against us. This is the case for 16 year-old Steeve Simard (Lévi Doré), who is entering his last year at Gaston-Miron High School in St-Lambert. A cynical intellectual with a critical view of himself and the world, he struggles to establish bonds with his parents and peers. He only has one friend: Virgil (Jonathan St-Armand). In order to evade his loneliness and fill a void in his imagination, he seeks refuge in his books and music. However, an incident with the star of the Spartans football team, will force Steeve to come out of his shell and face his destiny…
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-06-01
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Le Chevreuil
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-06-06
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The Marina
Overview: By the summer of his 19th birthday, Charlie Hall, champion wakeboarder, doesn’t know if he’ll ever get back on a wakeboard following an injury. When he flees his anguish and uncertainty by going to his cousin Noah’s house in the town of Chambly, he meets Juliette, a young employee of the local marina. The chemistry clicks and the two youngsters develop a unique relationship that only has as obstacles the fear of their ambitions.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-08-27
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Robeth
Overview: Beth is 31 and, since yesterday, single. She lives alone with an old cat found in her alleyway and barely makes a living working at her sister's café. Beth is also a robot. Beth is in a strange place, really.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-08-01
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Les brigands de l'hôtel bleu
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Genres: Thriller Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-10-08
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The Music Lesson
Overview: Seb, mariachi musician by night and guitar teacher by day, is by all accounts, a failed artist. Like a ghost wandering through his own life, Seb follows outside expectations and comically drifts further away from his dream of becoming a songwriter.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-01-01
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L'Affaire Dumont
Overview: Michel Dumont is charged, judged and sentenced for a rape he denies ever having committed. While he serves his time in prison, Solange, who he fell in love with during his trial, embarks on the colossal task of proving his innocence and having the court rehabilitate him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-09-12
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Adam
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
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Folichonneries
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