Gilbert Sicotte
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Biography: Gilbert Sicotte, CM (born February 18, 1948) is a Canadian actor. Sicotte is known for roles in The Vultures (Les Vautours), Little Tougas (Ti-Cul Tougas), The Years of Dreams and Revolt (Les Années de rêves), The Secret Life of Happy People (La Vie secrète des gens heureux), Maria Chapdelaine (1983, Gilles Carle), Fortier, Louis Cyr, Léolo, Water Child (L'Enfant d'eau), Paul à Québec, And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux) and Maria Chapdelaine (2021, Sébastien Pilote). He has also done some voice over work. He has been a three-time Jutra/Iris Award winner for Best Actor, winning at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2011 for The Salesman, at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2016 for Paul à Québec, and at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020 for And the Birds Rained Down. He has also been a four-time Genie and Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor, receiving lead acting nods at the 14th Genie Awards in 1993 for Cap Tourmente, the 15th Genie Awards in 1994 for Les Pots cassés and the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020 for And the Birds Rained Down, and a supporting nod at the 28th Genie Awards in 2008 for Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil). Sicotte taught at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal from 1987 to 2018 for allegations of humiliating students in the classroom and authoritarian attitudes. Sicotte was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2013, "For his contributions to the performing arts as an actor, and for his commitment to training the next generation." Sicotte is the father of Antoine Sicotte, a member of Sky. Source: Article "Gilbert Sicotte" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Léolo
Overview: The story of an imaginative boy who pretends he is the child of a sperm-laden Sicilian tomato upon which his mother accidentally fell.
Genres: Comedy Drama Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-09-16
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The Secret Life of Happy People
Overview: A struggling architecture student falls for a free-spirited waitress who has a hidden agenda.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-09-08
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The Salesman
Overview: With an enthralling central performance by Gilbert Sicotte, this masterful debut feature examines the life of the top car salesman in a fading Quebec town as events challenge the 67-year-old’s sense of identity and the meaning of life at the most profound level.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2011-11-10
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One Summer
Overview: For more than 25 years, Marc Côté, street chaplain and parish priest, has lived with the poor and the homeless. Today, Marc is a worn-out man. Exhausted from running his church, which serves as a shelter, and overwhelmed by the bills they can no longer pay, Marc must face the facts: he will have to shut down his church. Like a call from Providence, he inherits a property in the Bas-du-Fleuve region and decides to take a group of homeless people with him, who, like himself, need a vacation.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-07-14
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Good Riddance
Overview: Set in a small rural town in the Quebec Laurentian Mountains, Michelle lives in an isolated house with her mentally-challenged brother Guy and her 13 year old daughter Manon. Together the three of them survive by running a small firewood business and performing other odd jobs. Michelle is frustrated with living in poverty and being the center of several people who demand her affection; her brother is like a second child who lives in his own world, his romantic obsession with their wealthy client Madame Viau-Vachon being an exercise in futility. Maurice, the local police chief, is her lover and Gaetan, a mechanic and family friend, would like to be. Most demanding of all is her daughter, who has an unhealthy emotional dependence on her. Precocious and uninterested in school, Manon is jealous of her mother's suitors and angry at being left home to do chores and care for Guy. Then an event occurs that threatens the emotional dynamic between Manon and her mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-02-28
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Continental, a Film Without Guns
Overview: The mysterious disappearance of a man affects the lives of four different people, all living in loneliness in the suburbs of Quebec: the wife of the missing person, an aging ex-gambler, a young receptionist who want to share her life with somebody, and a father looking to help his family.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-11-09
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Bluff
Overview: A building inspector uncovers a crumbling apartment building's long-buried secret.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-09-07
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Miraculum
Overview: Sometimes, we're just waiting for a miracle. A nurse who is a Jehovah's Witness, grows fond of the miracle survivor of a plane crash. Two sexagenarians, a bartender and a parking lot attendant want to explore their forbidden passions. A conservative, well-off couple drown their disappointments in booze and gambling. And a man does his utmost to make amends for an irredeemable action, bringing us to a plane bound for Cuba. An ensemble film where every character affects the lives of others.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-02-28
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Water Child
Overview: A 12-year-old girl finds herself stranded on a lonely Caribbean island with a 20-year old retarded man in this sensitively rendered Canadian drama from Quebec. Emile and Cedrine are first seen during their rescue in which both are nearly in a coma. Their story of how they got there and survived is told via flashback. The two were the only survivors of a plane crash and at first Cedrine is terrified of Emile, thinking he might lose control and rape her. Fortunately, Emile is gentle and the two become friends, playmates, and eventually lovers in scenes that exploit neither character.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1995-05-26
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Far Away From You, Darling
Overview: In 1940, two sisters work in an ammunition factory, but dream of marriage.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-11-03
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Cap Tourmente
Overview: Alex has a deeply troubled mind. He also has a seriously dysfunctional - not to say incestuous - family. Why then, has he returned from his merchant seaman job to the rocky coasts of his home? Perhaps he couldn't cut manage to march in his father's footsteps in that job. His mother doesn't seem to mind, and lets him stay at her bed and breakfast hotel. His sister still seems to have the hots for him, just as she does for his (and her) old boyfriend Jean-Louis, who has just shown up. Even his mother seems to find him sexy. All these people appear eager to get their hands on his body, but he's too wrapped up in what's going on inside his head to notice.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-05-27
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Louis Cyr: The Strongest Man in the World
Overview: Biopic of Louis Cyr, strongest man in the world at the end of the 19th Century.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-07-12
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Maria Chapdelaine
Overview: A young woman, living with her parents and siblings on a remote farm in harsh, picturesque northern Québec, has three suitors: a steady and unimaginative farmer, Eutrope, the Americanized and wealthy Lorenzo, who has sought his fortune in Boston, and François Paradis, a rough and virile logger who captures her heart despite the warnings of her parents and the village priest. For a year, marked by seasonal change in an atmosphere charged with the strangeness of Indians and the demons of the woods, we see Maria at work and prayer, struggling with decisions, choosing to stay in Canada, in love with François, seeking to change his rough behaviors, and dealing with extraordinary loss.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-04-27
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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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La théorie Lauzon
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Genres: Animation History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-05-17
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Montréal blues
Overview: A group of youths open an organic restaurant.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-09-14
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Un homme de Parole
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Mesrine: Killer Instinct
Overview: Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido, Mesrine turns his back on middle class law-abiding and soon moves swiftly up the criminal ladder.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-10-22
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Paul à Québec
Overview: In 1999, Paul and his partner Julie experienced beautiful moments with their young daughter. They are looking for a house in Montreal and frequently see their family, notably Julie's parents who live in St-Nicolas, a suburb of Quebec City. But the illness has hit Roland hard, the proud and generous patriarch of the family, who tries as best he can to hide the ultimatum he is suffering from his children. Life being what it is, Roland will have to be admitted to a palliative care center while his loved ones, including Paul, will have to come to terms with the idea of his death. In the process, Paul will take up drawing.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-09-18
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Les années de rêves
Overview: Continuing a saga that began with his previous, 1978 film, Vautours director Jean-Claude Labrecque returns with the French Canadian, Louis Pelletier and puts him in the context of the growing separatist movement in the late 1960s in Quebec. At that time, supporters of an independent Quebec began to consolidate their power under the Parti Québecois -- and the story of Louis and his wife Claudette are meant to illustrate this watershed in Quebec's history. As the film begins, Claudette and Louis are about to get married -- and their wedding day significantly coincides with preparations for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II. Years later, they are well-established in Montreal and are enjoying visits from their family -- and then their lives start to deteriorate. Louis is suddenly out of work, and as he faces the difficulties of finding another job -- and of living precariously -- he becomes more radical, less accepting of the status quo.
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-03-18
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Les vautours
Overview: Although he is something of a layabout, and is still living with his mother, her death comes as something of a shock to Louis Pelletier (Gilbert Sicotte). Still, he has hopes of some sort of legacy and believes that his relatives will help him find a job. All his hopes are dashed when, before the funeral, his three aunts come to Quebec City to settle their sister's estate. As grasping and efficient a crew as ever strode a parlor, by the time they leave, the estate has been cleaned to the bones, as if by vultures.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-03-20
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Le million tout-puissant
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-11-10
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The Coffin Affair
Overview: In 1953, in the Gaspé forest, there are three bodies half eaten by bears. Fearing repercussions on tourism and investment, Prime minister Maurice Duplessis decided to make an example accusing Wilbert Coffin.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-09-10
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Cordélia
Overview: In a little village at the end of the 1890's, a young woman offends all the 'right-thinking' villagers by allowing men in her house in the absence of her husband. When he is found dead, all of the suspicion is directed towards the liberal woman. She is judged more for her morality then for the crime she is accused of. Her culpability is still a subject of debate today.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-02-07
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Les Feux de la Saint-Jean
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Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Forever Québec
Overview: A Canadian documentary depicting Quebec City as it celebrates its 400th anniversary.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2008-07-02
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Pale Face
Overview: With an unlikely hero who apparently excels at almost anything, this confused saga of survival in the wilderness and accidental murder starts out hard to believe and stays that way. C.H. (Luc Matte) used to be a star player for the Montreal Canadiens and has turned in his puck and hockey stick for the pursuit of women -- as well as a good game of chess (he is a master at that too). He supports himself by waiting tables and one day takes some time off to go on vacation in the Quebec wilderness, where some local thugs give him a hard time. From that point onward, things get worse after one of the hooligans is accidentally killed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-08-24
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Ti-Cul Tougas, ou, Le bout de la vie
Overview: In this Canadian character study, a petty thief steals $5,000 from a marching band and heads to the US with his ditzy girl friend and another couple.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-10-08
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A Paper Wedding
Overview: A woman agrees to a marriage of convenience with a refugee.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Les grands enfants
Overview: Les Grands Enfants does not tell a story in the traditional sense. Instead, it offers an honest image of people's dreams of change : people often unemployed, dissatisfied in some way with their work, or caught up in complicated social relationships. The film is set in Montreal.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-04-24
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Life Is Not a Novel
Overview: Her publisher forces Marianne to rewrite the manuscript of a novel she wrote and burned in a fit of anguish. Her obsession with her story where the characters she creates murder her own husband becomes overwhelming. She comes to believe he is leading a double life and she imagines the worst. As a matter of fact, her husband Robert is leading a double life: every day, at noon, for a year, he has locked himself up in a small hotel room to also write a novel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1993-09-24
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Contrecoeur
Overview: Contrecoeur is a film using fantastic realism to talk about psychology, drift and love. Three characters must define themselves in an enclosed space, a truck trapped in a snowstorm, and dream of somewhere else to find each other.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-03-11
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A Hero's Life
Overview: A Canadian couple reunites with the German POW they befriended during World War II.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1994-08-25
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Stolen Identity
Overview: Inspired by a true story, a young man from a good family becomes an effective and seductive con artist, crushing the dreams of innocent people in his wake.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-06-08
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...Comme un voleur
Overview: A garagist must take care of his sick mother and irresponsible brother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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And the Birds Rained Down
Overview: A photographer sets off toward a mysterious forest to find Boychuk, witness and victim of the Great Fire that swept through Northern Ontario at the turn of the 20th century. But before she arrives, she learns that Boychuck has just perished. Survivors of the long-ago fire, Tom and Charlie, two elderly men who have chosen to live out their last days in the woods, are introduced to Marie Desneige, whose 60 year institutionalization has only fueled her passion for life. Meanwhile, the photographer is discovering that Boychuck had been a painter, whose life’s work had been entirely inspired by the Great Fire. The story immerses us in a historical drama while captivating us with the strange lives of these men of the forest. Three men who, in choosing freedom above all else, made a deal with death.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-09-13
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Béliveau: le documentaire
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-03-15
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Sonia
Overview: A woman deals with her mother, an arts professor, plunging into chaos due to Alzheimer's.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Anastasie oh ma chérie
Overview: Anastasia chooses to lock herself in an apartment and tame through rituals. She barricades herself, to protect herself from external violence and the destructive invasion of family life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Mafia Inc.
Overview: The Gamache, tailors from father to son, have been dressing the Mafia family Paternò for three generation. Vincent "Vince" Gamache works on behalf of Frank the godfather with his eldest son Giaco. Vince, reckless and rash, seeks to earn his stripes by impressing the godfather. Without the Paternò knowing, he stages a big operation and is promoted. Fuming with jealousy, Giaco discovers that Vince committed a monstrous act during his stroke. The Gamache disown Vince and war begins.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-02-14
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Thanks for Everything
Overview: Sisters Marianne and Christine take a road trip from Montreal to the Magdalen Islands to spread the ashes of their late father. He wasn’t exactly an angel, and his associates are hot on their trail.
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-12-25
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The Saracen Woman
Overview: Montreal, 1904. Giuseppe and Ninetta own a boarding house where they welcome their fellow Sicilians. One day, as he comes to the defence of one of his boarders, Giuseppe accidentally kills Theo, his French Canadian best friend’s son-in-law. This drama depicts the tensions between people from different ethnic backgrounds and their life-changing impact. Based on a true story, 'The Saracen Woman' paints a portrait of Italian immigration to Quebec and the affinities and conflicts that arose from the clash of two different cultures.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-02-15
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Fantastica
Overview: In this French–Canadian oddity of music and drama, an actress in a traveling musical revue is involved with the show's director until she meets and falls for an aging ecological activist. He too is drawn to her, and together they try to stop a factory from being built over an old-growth forest.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-05-07
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L'âge de la machine
Overview: A young police officer goes through Abitibi to take a train with a young convict who escaped from her orphanage.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-02-19
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Ma soeur, mon amour
Overview: In 1929, Mr. Messier, owner of a small print shop in a village in Quebec became a widower, he lives with his two children, Rachel, 9 years old, and Gaëtan, 7 years old. In this closed universe and in the absence of their mother, a great complicity is established between the children.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-12-25
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Maria Chapdelaine
Overview: In 1910, Maria Chapdelaine, a young girl of seventeen, lived with her family on the banks of the Péribonka River, north of Lake Saint-Jean. The Chapdelaines work tirelessly to push the limits of the forest. In a home where even physical exhaustion cannot dampen the warmth of family life, Maria, strong and full of hope, finds herself faced with major dilemmas. Thrust into the world of adults, Maria will suddenly be forced to decide on her future as a woman.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-09-24
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The Passion of Augustine
Overview: The nuns of a musical convent work hard in order to prevent the religious school from closing.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-03-20
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Piché: The Landing of a Man
Overview: Toronto, August 2001. Commander Robert Piche left Pearson Airport heading for Lisbon on an Airbus 330. Due to a significant fuel loss, he was headed for an almost certain crash. However, he courageously kept his cool and skillfully glided the plane to a safe landing, saving the 306 passengers on board. Back in Canada, Piche's criminal past and extraordinary life came to light, explaining somewhat how he was able to commit this heroic act.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2010-07-07
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Arlette
Overview: Approached by the Prime Minister of Quebec to rejuvenate the image of his government, Arlette Saint-Amour becomes, overnight, Minister of Culture. She succeeds by her look and her daring in creating a real buzz around Culture.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-08-05
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Shabbot Shalom!
Overview: The mayor of a suburban town must try to deal with cultural clashes with the local hassidic jewish community, while trying to mend his relation to his emotionally-distant son.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-04
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Lamento pour un homme de lettres
Overview: Lamento is an unfinished novel by writer Albert Laberge. Laberge, recognized today as Quebec's first naturalist author, published La scouine in 1918, a novel that earned him accusations of pornography from the Catholic Church. The fiction paints an impressionistic portrait of a man torn between his literary ambitions and his exhausting work as a sports journalist for the daily La Presse.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1988-12-27
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