Juliette Huot Movies
- 1988
Immigrants from Quebec travel to the Eastern United States to work for French industrialists in this historical drama. Gratien Gelinas plays a venerable Quebecois who recalls in 1988 the era from 1907 to 1920 in a series of flashbacks. He compares the modern computer age with the steadily growing industrial era of the early 20th century. An all-star cast of French and Canadian thespians participate in this miniseries as the Quebecois deal with love, life, politics, and war. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Juliette Huot, Gratien Gelinas, (more)
- 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, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Emile Genest, Denise Filiatrault, (more)
- 1964
Ginger Coffey (Robert Shaw) is an out-of-work Irish immigrant who moves to Montreal with his wife, Vera (Mary Ure), and teenage daughter, Paulie (Libby McClintock), in hopes of a better life. After six months, the family fortunes have not changed, and Vera and Paulie beg Ginger to return to Ireland. He lands a job as a proofreader with a newspaper, but Vera and Paulie move out when Vera realizes his 45 dollar-a-week paycheck will not suffice. Ginger quits his second job as a laundry-truck driver and pins all his hopes on becoming a reporter. Paulie comes back to live with him, but Ginger is fired at the paper and sinks deeper into alcoholism and depression. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, (more)
- 1949
Produced in Montreal and filmed in the French language, Le Cure de Village is a good example of doing a lot with a little. The scene is a small town, where Le Cure (Ovila Legare), the local priest, offers spiritual guidance. Commanding most of Le Cure's attention is heroine Juliette (played by Canadian radio favorite Lise Roy), who is being shut out by the parents of her boyfriend because of her questionable parentage. The situation is resolved by the arrival of Juliette's father (Paul Guevremont), whose curtain speech ties up several loose plot ends. Working with practically no budget, director Richard Jarvis has turned out a touching and compelling little film. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ovila Legare
