Movies: Francine Ruel

  • 2011
    Monsieur Lazhar

    Monsieur Lazhar (2011)

    Monsieur Lazhar

    7.12011HD

    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...

    Monsieur Lazhar
  • 2005
    Aurore

    Aurore (2005)

    Aurore

    7.42005HD

    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....

    Aurore
  • 1990
    Ding et Dong : Le film

    Ding et Dong : Le film (1990)

    Ding et Dong : Le film

    71990HD

    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...

    Ding et Dong : Le film
  • 2016
    The 3 L'il Pigs 2

    The 3 L'il Pigs 2 (2016)

    The 3 L'il Pigs 2

    5.92016HD

    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...

    The 3 L'il Pigs 2
  • 1991
    School's Out

    School's Out (1991)

    School's Out

    41991HD

    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...

    School's Out
  • 2012
    L'Affaire Dumont

    L'Affaire Dumont (2012)

    L'Affaire Dumont

    6.42012HD

    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...

    L'Affaire Dumont
  • 1983
    The Tin Flute

    The Tin Flute (1983)

    The Tin Flute

    5.71983HD

    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...

    The Tin Flute
  • 1986
    Blind Trust

    Blind Trust (1986)

    Blind Trust

    5.41986HD

    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 ...

    Blind Trust
  • 1993
    Bye Bye Love

    Bye Bye Love (1993)

    Bye Bye Love

    41993HD

    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 ...

    Bye Bye Love
  • 2011
    Coteau Rouge

    Coteau Rouge (2011)

    Coteau Rouge

    5.32011HD

    A working-class family fights a greedy developer for control of their neighborhood....

    Coteau Rouge
  • 1997
    The Countess of Baton Rouge

    The Countess of Baton Rouge (1997)

    The Countess of Baton Rouge

    51997HD

    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...

    The Countess of Baton Rouge
  • 1994
    Chili's Blues

    Chili's Blues (1994)

    Chili's Blues

    51994HD

    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...

    Chili's Blues
  • 1994
    Soho

    Soho (1994)

    Soho

    51994HD

    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...

    Soho
  • 1990
    Sainte Carmen de la Main

    Sainte Carmen de la Main (1990)

    Sainte Carmen de la Main

    01990HD

    A TV film staging of Michel Tremblay's play "Sainte Carmen de la Main" by André Brassard....

    Sainte Carmen de la Main
  • 1992
    The Saracen Woman

    The Saracen Woman (1992)

    The Saracen Woman

    71992HD

    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...

    The Saracen Woman
  • 1987
    Marie in the City

    Marie in the City (1987)

    Marie in the City

    01987HD

    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....

    Marie in the City
  • 1973
    Pigs Are Seldom Clean

    Pigs Are Seldom Clean (1973)

    Pigs Are Seldom Clean

    01973HD

    The true identity of an undercover RCMP narcotics agent is discovered by the criminals he is investigating and his family pays the price....

    Pigs Are Seldom Clean