Guy L'Ecuyer Movies

Five terminally ill patients inside the cancer ward of one hospital are the subject of this fictional accounting of different stances in front of the specter of imminent death. Whereas a middle-aged man and woman derive strength and comfort from each other, another young man is driven to suicide after saying a final farewell to his family and friends. The stories about each of the patients are introduced in the staff meetings at the hospital, in which each of the five cases is brought up in sequence. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Adapted from a children's story by Mordecai Richler, Theodore J. Flicker's comic fantasy stars Stephen Rosenberg as Jacob Two-Two, so nicknamed because he must repeat everything he says in order to get adults to hear him. Escaping into a fantasy world, he dreams that he is the captive of the child-hating Hooded Fang (Alex Karras). ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi

This award-winning film reveals the conflicts in the lives of three French Canadian men in a hunting party. One of the men, the least successful with women, is not physically up to the trip; he is overweight and drinks too much. He tries to mask his embarrassment with humor and is generally a good sport. Another, who brought his young son along, slows up their progress by conducting an affair with a waitress. The last, and least sensitive of the group, also has a fling with a waitress. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

Strict behavior codes and the struggle to eke out a living provide a backdrop to this romantic drama set at the turn of the 20th century in rural, northern Quebec. Maria Chapdelaine (Carole Laure) returns to the home of her parents in a remote village, and during the period of one year, has her heart-strings pulled in three different directions at once -- though only one of those directions is what she really wants. She had been promised in marriage to the shy neighboring farmer (Pierre Curzi), whom she has known since they were children, but a suave man-about-town wants to marry her (Donald Lautrec), and a handsome trapper (Nick Mancuso) has fallen in love with her. Maria fluctuates between the trapper and the urban aristocrat, and as events unfold, her indecision leads to tragic consequences. Also filmed by Julien Duvivier in 1934, this story first became popular when published as a novel (by Louis Hemon) in 1913. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

This well-wrought family comedy-drama by director Max Fischer is set in Holland during World War II. Young David (Brett Marx) has been separated from his parents because they were taken prisoner by the Nazis and sent away to a concentration camp. David ends up living on a Rotterdam farm as one of their workers and spends his time as best he can. He has always been entranced by American westerns and this infatuation gives him a certain confidence when it is most needed. David is inspired by his screen idols when he sees a chance to capture Colonel Gluck (Rod Steiger), an officer in the German army. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

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. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi