Les Plouffe (1981)
The Plouffe Family, aka Les Plouffe, is a Canadian assault to the kidneys directed by Quebec's "critic's darling" Gilles Carle. The film covers seven years (1938 through 1945) in the lives of the French/Canadian Plouffe clan. Emile Genest is the one "name" player in this phlegmatic character study. Like to try this one on for size? Be warned: it runs (or crawls) 180 minutes. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Emile Genest, Denise Filiatrault, (more)
- Director(s):
- Gilles Carle
Synopsis of Les Plouffe
The Plouffe Family, aka Les Plouffe, is a Canadian assault to the kidneys directed by Quebec's "critic's darling" Gilles Carle. The film covers seven years (1938 through 1945) in the lives of the French/Canadian Plouffe clan. Emile Genest is the one "name" player in this phlegmatic character study. Like to try this one on for size? Be warned: it runs (or crawls) 180 minutes. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Les Plouffe
- Emile Genest - Theophile
- Gabriel Arcand - Ovide Plouffe
- Serge Dupire - Guillaume
- Anne Letourneau - Rita Toulouse
- J. Leo Gagnon - Rosario le bedeau
- Amulette Garneau - Ramona
- Paul Berval - Onesime Menard
- Kate Trotter - Connely, Suzan
- Gilles Renaud - Phil Talbot
- Denise Filiatrault - Cecile
- Pierre Curzi - Napoleon
- Remi Laurent - Denis Boucher
- Stéphane Audran - Mme. Boucher
- Marc Gelinas - Jos Bonefon
- Louise Lapare - Jeanne Duplessis
- Donald Pilon - Stan Labrie
- Juliette Huot - Josephine Plouffe
- Daniel Ceccaldi - Father Alphonse
- Director(s):
- Gilles Carle
- Writer(s):
- Gilles Carle, Roger Lemelin
- Producer(s):
- Justine Heroux
- 1982 - Genie Awards - Best Score
- 1982 - Genie Awards - Best Costume Design
- 1982 - Genie Awards - Best Director
- 1982 - Genie Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay
- 1982 - Genie Awards - Best Adapted Screenplay
- 1982 - Genie Awards - Best Art Direction
- 1982 - Genie Awards - Best Supporting Actress
- 1982 - Genie Awards - Best Score
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