Benoît Gouin
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Biography: Benoît Gouin was born on January 27, 1961 in Pointe-du-Lac, Québec, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for I Killed My Mother (2009), Lac Mystère (2013) and Québec-Montréal (2002).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Pointe-du-Lac, Québec, Canada
Birthday: January 27, 1961
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Gender: Male
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I Killed My Mother
Overview: Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the banks of Saint Lawrence river, where he grew up, and where a murder will be committed: the murder of childhood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-06-05
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My Mother's Men
Overview: Young Elsie is shocked to learn that her eccentric mother wanted her ashes to be scattered among her five ex-husbands. Elsie is adamant about carrying out her mother's wishes, but the trip fundamentally alters her course.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-09-18
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Silence Lies
Overview: Depuis une sérieuse dispute avec son frère Fred, qui lui servait de modèle, Viviane, photographe professionnelle, a mis en veilleuse ses ambitions artistiques. Or, le hasard lui fait rencontrer Guillaume, un jeune mécanicien dont la photogénie naturelle l'inspire. Réticent, ce dernier se laisse convaincre de poser pour Viviane qui, retrouvant son énergie créatrice, fait de lui le sujet d'un projet d'exposition. Bientôt, l'artiste constate que le jeune homme, qui vit toujours chez ses parents, porte les stigmates d'un douloureuse expérience familiale, qui le rend asocial et autodestructeur. Tout en cherchant à percer le mystère de Guillaume, Viviane tente un rapprochement avec son frère.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-09-03
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Jealous
Overview: Thomas and Marianne, a feuding couple whose relationship has hit a wall, decide to spend a weekend at Thomas' uncle's lakeside cottage. This is their last chance to save their relationship, which has been jeopardized by Marianne's meaningless flirtations and Thomas' uncontrollable jealousy. As they arrive, a restless yet charming neighbor welcomes them into their house and, realizing that Thomas' uncle and girlfriend will not be showing up for days, suggests they share the dinner he has prepared. The drunken night that follows - with this man, who might not be who he seems to be, pushing his charms on Marianne - leads to a weekend of blurred emotions and events, where loyalties, guilt and a shared secret will test the young couple's ability to survive.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-07-09
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Mirror Lake
Overview: After his loved ones betray him, a man in his 30s goes to a lakeside cabin to hide from the world. But instead of finding peace, he has to deal with a kooky neighbour, a missing drowned man, a crook on the lam, a stripper who hides out with him, and the cop who’s madly in love with her and looking for her with murderous ardour.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-08-23
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Will You Be Home Tonight?
Overview: Suzanne is nearly fifty. She lives alone with Raphaëlle, her twenty year old daughter. Despairing that she will never again find love, Suzanne resolves to have plastic surgery done on her breasts. Raphaëlle is disturbed by her mother’s decision, while Suzanne worries about her daughter’s romantic life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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I Am A Sand Castle Awaiting The Sea
Overview: Julie, a woman in her mid-twenties, comes back to her village after completing her upper studies in the big city. The occupation of a prestigious new job is the reason behind her comeback. At first, Julie is pleased to see her family and her former friends, but a sense of contempt slowly emerges. She has now come to despise everything that she once loved, thus erasing her former self completely. Those hidden feelings will erupt the night of her twenty-fourth birthday...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-02-19
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Gabrielle
Overview: Gabrielle is a young woman with Williams syndrome who has a contagious joie de vivre and an exceptional musical gift. Since she met her boyfriend Martin, at the recreation centre where they are choir members, they have been inseparable. However, because they are "different," their loved ones are fearful of their relationship. As the choir prepare for an important music festival, Gabrielle does everything she can to gain her independence. As determined as she is, Gabrielle must still confront other people's prejudices as well as her own limitations in the hope of experiencing a love far from the "ordinary".
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-09-20
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1st Love
Overview: Antoine, 13, spends the summer vacation with his parents in a rented cottage on an island in the middle of the Saint-Lawrence River. His neighbour, 17-year-old Anna, is an enigmatic and lively young woman. Antoine begins to experience the first stirrings of love-which soon yield a troubling brew of anxiety, desire and obsession. He eventually comes across a terrible secret that will forever change his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-06-21
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First Snow
Overview: A disconnected family find themselves at a hospital. The father is in urgent need of a kidney transplant and all of the family members are compatible donners. This situation brings back old conflicts between them, all to settle with an odd reconciliation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-03-16
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Les Tricheurs
Overview: Two lovers and a friend meet up for a game of golf. They are soon joined by a stranger who puts to the test the bonds between them and in the process reveals buried secrets.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-08-12
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Le déserteur
Overview: It tells the story of Georges Guénette, a deserter from the Canadian Army during World War II, who was shot and killed by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-10-23
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The Broken Line
Overview: Sébastien and Danny are lifelong friends and competitive boxers whose relationship and career is tested when they accidentally hit a bicyclist with their car after a night of excess partying.
Genres: Action
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-03-07
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Miss Boots
Overview: When an orphaned girl loses her grandmother, her uncle, a one hit wonder opera composer, needs to take care of her until a foster family is found, while also struggling to finish his next big hit.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-11-29
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Face Time
Overview: Benoit, an actor surviving on his barman wages, follows the advice of is his brother Frank - a former hockey player turned talent agent- and grows a beard to get a part in a dinner theatre play. Benoit's girlfriend Vicky, an ex dramaturge who now works as a librarian, finds it difficult to accept this latest development, as it will delay the couple's plan to purchase a condo from their friends Caro and Vincent, who manage a hair and beauty salon. But Benoit's beard seems to have magical powers: he suddenly has a great deal of success, while Vicky develops a mysterious allergy to her boyfriend's facial hair.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-06-18
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Quebec-Montreal
Overview: Quebec-Montreal: 250 km (150 miles) of asphalt, nine thirtysomething travelers, four cars, one destination. The journey becomes an opportunity to share points of view about life and to discuss troubling questions about our existence.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2002-08-02
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Origami
Overview: David is travelling. He's on a unique trip that doesn't take him from one place to another but from one moment in time to another. Seeking to understand the strange power he has to move around in his own timeline, David will eventually have to confront the disassembled chronology of his own life as well as his repressed past.
Genres: Thriller Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-07-18
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Chinatown
Overview: A florist borrows $10,000 from a pawnbroker. When it’s time to pay, he can’t come up with the money. Short reckonings make long enemies.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-10-31
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Antigone
Overview: Sophie Deraspe’s adaptation of the classic Greek tragedy of the same name reimagines the story of a woman’s quest for justice as a commentary on the immigrant experience in contemporary Montreal.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-11-08
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Infiltration
Overview: A well-respected plastic surgeon dedicated to helping patients with severe burns questions his career, his family…his perfect life and ultimately, his sanity when an encounter with a disgruntled patient triggers a psychological spiral no one can control.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-08-02
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The Wolves
Overview: A woman travels from the big city to the countryside. The locals are suspicious.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-12-06
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Dusk for a Hitman
Overview: 1979. Donald Lavoie is a fearsome hitman who works under the orders of Claude Dubois, head of the Montreal South-West mob. Donald is tasked to take under his wing new recruit Serge Rivard, a hotheaded small-time crook who soon compromises him in a botched double murder. Donald avoids justice thanks to the Dubois clan's lawyers, but this is only a temporary setback for Detective Sergeant Roger Burns, who wants to convince Lavoie to become an informer.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-03-10
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Sarah Prefers to Run
Overview: When Sarah has a chance to go to a first class university and to join its premiere athletic club, her suburban mother is fearful of the change and refuses to help financially. But Sarah's roommate knows that they will get a grant if they marry. Sarah agrees but only to discover that her true heart lies elsewhere. Sarah prefers to run.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-05-21
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La belle empoisonneuse
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-10-02
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Looking for Alexander
Overview: Disturbing and violent memories haunt a man after he emerges from a lengthy coma.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-10-29
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