Movies: Francine Ruel
- 2011
Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
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During a harsh Montréal winter, an elementary-school class is left reeling after its teacher commits suicide. Bachir Lazhar, a charismatic Algerian immigrant, steps in as the substitute teacher for the classroom of traumatized children. All the while...
- 2005
Aurore (2005)
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After the sudden death of her mother, Aurore Gagnon is abused by her disturbed step-mother as her town remains in the silence followed by her death. Based on a true story....
- 1990
Ding et Dong : Le film (1990)
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Two harum-scarums who think they are good stand-up comics try to make a career in showbiz, partly for the career, partly to seduce women. They try alternatively the scene, a movie set and TV. They only succeed in making a fool of themselves...
- 2016
The 3 L'il Pigs 2 (2016)
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Five years after the death of their mother, Rémi, Mathieu and Christian have not changed much. Rémi is still as prolific and travels the world, multiplying his conquests, Mathieu leads a relatively peaceful life with his daughters and his wife and Ch...
- 1991
School's Out (1991)
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Two children find themselves trapped in their school, the day before Christmas Eve. Their vigilance and resourcefulness are no match for the locked doors, barred windows and the snowstorm that, by causing a power outage, deprives them of light and he...
- 2012
L'Affaire Dumont (2012)
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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 co...
- 1983
The Tin Flute (1983)
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In the early 1940's, Canada is a country at war and Florentine is a young woman, from a very poor family, looking for love. She meets two suitable men, a nice soldier from a good and wealthy family, and an ambitious self-centered engineer. She must d...
- 1986
Blind Trust (1986)
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A government ministry's fast-rising head of security asks a shadowy fixer, Meursault, to steal a bag from an armored truck. Meursault goes to Théo, a former night club owner, in prison for two years on false charges, who's being released in exchange ...
- 1993
Bye Bye Love (1993)
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Two women, a friendship. Two parallel love stories. Marianne has a passionate affair with Nino while the relationship of Lea and David is falling apart. While a couple is forming, another's becoming undone. Yet, the choice of the two friends remains ...
- 2011
Coteau Rouge (2011)
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A working-class family fights a greedy developer for control of their neighborhood....
- 1997
The Countess of Baton Rouge (1997)
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In a style evocative of Fellini at his most surreal, this bizarre French Canadian fantasy follows the romance between a young filmmaker and a bearded lady from a local circus during the 1960s. The story begins in a contemporary theater where a projec...
- 1994
Chili's Blues (1994)
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At a Montreal railway station, passengers are stranded because of a snowstorm. One of the stranded, Pierre-Paul, discovers a young schoolgirl on the brink of suicide. While he searches for someone to intervene, Chili, the young girl, disappears, only...
- 1994
Soho (1994)
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Soho, an aspiring young woman of about 30, lives on the fringe with all those who, like her, believe that one day they will be a famous writer, a star dancer or a famous director. While waiting for that day, they take up yoga, positive thinking, or v...
- 1990
Sainte Carmen de la Main (1990)
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A TV film staging of Michel Tremblay's play "Sainte Carmen de la Main" by André Brassard....
- 1992
The Saracen Woman (1992)
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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 dram...
- 1987
Marie in the City (1987)
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A young girl who is being abused at home runs away to the seamy side of Montreal where she makes friends with a prostitute who helps her to survive the urban jungle....
- 1973
Pigs Are Seldom Clean (1973)
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The true identity of an undercover RCMP narcotics agent is discovered by the criminals he is investigating and his family pays the price....