Raymond Bouchard Movies
- 2008
Adapted from the French comic book Panic in London, director Pierre-Francois Martin-Laval's sophomore feature tells the tale of a forgotten isle inhabited by five people who live like they're in medieval times while awaiting the arrival of their new king. Tourist train driver Guillaume (Martin-Laval) and his tuba-playing wife, Magali (Florence Foresti), are deeply in love. They lead a blissful life in the suburbs, and they've just discovered they're about to start a family when the father Guillaume never knew contacts the couple with a shocking announcement: by virtue of an accord reaching back to the Middle Ages, Guillaume is the heir to a kingdom located just off the coasts of France and England. But while the elated couple at first imagine themselves living in an island castle and presiding over a paradise filled with faithful subjects, the reality of the situation isn't quite so romantic. Battered by North winds, the island is little more than a glorified rock. To make matters worse, the current residents are five eccentrics who seem to have forgotten what century they live in. Now, while Magali gets wrapped up in the prospect of becoming a genuine queen and Guillaume celebrates his status as a crowned head, their new servants scramble to cover up the truth about the island until their new ruler can no longer renounce his throne. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Florence Foresti, (more)
- 2008
An uprising on a college campus evolves into something more dangerous than a clash of ideals in this drama from Canadian writer and director Sébastien Rose. Jean-Marc (Raymond Bouchard) is the president of a well-respected university in Quebec who has found himself at the center of a heated controversy. Louis-Ferdinand (Frederic Pierre) is the leader of a student activist group who have demanded sweeping changes in Jean-Marc's policies; Jean-Marc refuses to consider their proposals, leading to a series of protests which have inspired a wave of campus vandalism. Bertrand (Alexis Martin) is a professor at the university who supports the students' cause but not their methods, and when he attempts to reason with Louis-Ferdinand and his colleagues, it leads to an altercation that only makes a tense situation more difficult. Natacha (Catherine de Lean) is Jean-Marc's daughter and also a single mother with a drug problem who is still dealing with the scars of an unhappy childhood. Jean-Marc and Bertrand are scheduled to speak at a university banquet where they hope to air their differences about the ongoing student protests, but Gilbert (Benoit McGinnis) is an uninvited guest who has his own radical solution to the stand-off. La Banquet was an official selection at the 2008 Montreal World Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Alexis Martin, Raymond Bouchard, (more)
- 2007
As darkness falls on Halloween night, 12 fearless high school students venture into an abandoned schoolhouse for a long night of spooky fun, and the good times turn terrifying with the appearance of a psychotic serial killer from beyond the grave. In life, Hallows Point High biology teacher Nathaniel Raber was a blood-crazed killer, and in death his killer instinct has only strengthened. After accidentally resurrecting Raber during what was supposed to be an innocent prank, these mischief-making students are about to find out that final exams can really be murder. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Tom Nowicki
- 2007
An unexpected discovery in the kitchen trap of a condemned Montreal house proves the catalyst for a madcap journey into the past in this comedy that proves old homes can still contain a few shocking surprises. Upon exploring a typical Montreal house that is about to be razed, a curious building inspector finds more than he ever bargained for and immediately phones the landlord. Later, as the pair sits tight in waiting for the police to arrive, the viewer is taken on a frantic voyage through the past fifteen years of eccentric tenants and strange goings on. It seems that everyone who has even lived in this home has had their fair share of quirks, and from the jobless man with a million excuses for his lack of employment to the wannabe parents seeking a suitable sperm donor, the couple that misplaced a valuable painting, the retired boxer who challenged his boyfriend's daughter to a playful bout of sparring, and the thief who plotted out the robbery of his own apartment, there's no telling how this curious item ended up where it did. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Emmanuel Bilodeau, Isabelle Blais, (more)
- 2004
The return of a long-lost father into the lives of his two grown sons sparks the flame of reconciliation in the sophomore feature from How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause director Sébastien Rose. Despite the fact that they were both products of the same union, brothers Paul (Paul Ahmarani) and Patrick (David La Haye) couldn't be more different. A self-made, type-A businessman who made a name for himself in the pharmaceutical industry, Patrick lives in luxury with his wife and child while penniless writer Paul battles a lingering case of writer's block while living with his girlfriend in the crowded, ramshackle family home. When father and famed writer François shows up on Paul's doorstep seeking a place to stay, he is hesitantly accepted by his bewildered son. An unplanned family reunion of sorts occurs when Patrick's long-suffering wife sends her husband packing and he too seeks shelter in the family home, and in the days that follow three men attempt to make peace with their tumultuous past and pave the way toward a brighter future. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Raymond Bouchard, Paul Ahmarani, (more)
Chosen to close the Director's Fortnight section of the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, director Jean-François Pouliot's comedy chronicles the chaos wreaked when a small, down-on-its-luck town is seduced by the promise of having a big-time manufacturing plant -- on one unique condition. It seems that the company isn't willing to move to the isolated, Quebec-countryside burgh unless the mayor (Raymond Bouchard) and townsfolk can procure a doctor for them. Salvation arrives in the form of Lewis (David Boutin), a mild-mannered man from Montreal whom the townspeople begin to try to impress, persuade, or otherwise cajole into taking the job. Their methods, however, become so devious -- going so far as to tap the good doctor's phone line -- that they run the risk of being found out, and upsetting their one shot at prosperity in the process. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi
- Starring:
- Raymond Bouchard, David Boutin, (more)
- 1999
A sequel to the popular Quebecois comedy It's Your Turn, Laura, in this go-round, protagonist Laura (Ginette Reno), a rotund middle-aged woman, celebrates her birthday on an ocean cruise with her gossiping girlfriends. Once on board, the romantic intrigue begins. Laura is wooed by the ship's debonair captain, while her friend Lucille makes a valiant go for the extremely gay Oscar. Meanwhile, Laura's other friend Alice tries to shack up with almost everyone while avoiding bumptious butcher Albert. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
- Starring:
- Ginette Reno, Pierrette Robitaille, (more)
- 1997
Aimed for both children and adults, this slapstick crime comedy chronicles the further adventures of Augustin Marleau, the protagonist from the 1991 film The Killer Played Trombone. As in the first film, aspiring actor Marleau (Germain Houde) is still a luckless loser. While performing in a television commercial, the psychotic and wheel-chair bound Elkin (Marc Labreche) shows up and tries to shoot him. Soon afterward Marleau's old nemesis Inspector Grasselli (Raymond Bouchard) shows up to arrest Marleau for the kidnapping of some wealthy captains of industry. Grasselli doesn't have a shred of evidence linking Marleau to the crimes, but that doesn't stop him from his obsession with incarcerating Marleau. Then there is Elkin's gang, several black-clad women who stalk and torment Marleau at every turn. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1993
Non-Canadians may not be aware that, come mid-winter, Florida is the promised land for many of the thoroughly chilled residents of that northern country. A tradition of winter residence in Florida has grown up, and whole communities make their livings from Canadian visitors. In this comedy, a Montreal bus driver has aspirations of retiring in that southern state, and his attempt to put a motel on the land he has bought is fraught with difficulties, beginning with the schemes of a real-estate developer, and continuing with the shenanigans within the community of Canadian sunbirds. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Rémy Girard, Raymond Bouchard, (more)
- 1990
Ding and Dong (Serge Theriault and Claude Meunier) are two standup comedians whose slangy Quebecois humor has made them popular among those who speak that dialect of French. This slapstick comedy capitalizes on their wordplay to the maximum extent; consequently the film is recommended primarily to those with close ties to Quebec. In the story, Ding and Dong are a standup act who go to perform at a tiny club in a remote town. Their act receives a much less enthusiastic welcome than the fistfight which closes the bar down. Subsequent adventures are similarly disastrous, until they inherit a tidy sum and buy "Theatre de la Nouvelle Tragedie" where they begin producing (and starring in) classical plays which they warp in their own characteristic fashion. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Serge Theriault, Raymond Bouchard, (more)
- 1983
- PG
In this plotless, mindless chase movie, papa Big Enos and son Little Enos (Pat McCormick and Paul Williams) hire Cletus (Jerry Reed) to haul a Jaws-replica shark from Miami to Texas to advertise their new seafood restaurant. There is big money in it for Cletus if he can get to Texas on time. Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason) mistakes Cletus for his old nemesis the Bandit (Burt Reynolds, who only appears briefly at the end of the film), postpones his retirement, and with his inept son Junior (Mike Henry) in tow, chases Cletus across the South for a disconnected series of misadventures and bad jokes. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, (more)
- 1980
This Canadian tragedy centers around the controversial 1899 murder trial of Cordelia Viau and her retarded handyman, Samuel Parslow, with whom she had an affair. The case was so sensational because it represents the first time in which a conviction was based on purely circumstantial evidence. Despite the fact that both parties had strong alibis, and the evidence was contradictory, the jury still found them guilty of murdering her husband. The reason they were hung had more to do with the public's moral outrage at their well-publicized affair. People from all over the world attended their double hanging. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Louise Portal, Gaston Lepage, (more)
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