Luce Guilbault Movies

When a group of fortysomethings meet for a nostalgic reunion they take a bus tour of the town where they bonded together as school chums. During the tour, they play a game of "truth," and they open up their buried box of "secret ambitions" to compare their past dreams with their current reality. There are no major conflicts or dramatic tensions; the group simply manages to be as supportive as they can while learning of the traumas others have handled as they slowly make their collective way to the big "five-oh." ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

In this subpar Canadian film, Sophia Loren is Angela, a prostitute who has decided to become a waitress after she gets pregnant by Ben Kincaid (John Vernon) and needs a better way to support her baby. When Ben gets back from service in the Korean War, he does not believe Angela's little boy is his, and after he starts working for his old mob boss, he says he cannot continue as long as the boy is in the house. So his boss Hogan (John Huston) has the child kidnapped, which triggers Angela to seek revenge, and she informs the police about Ben's planned robbery. He is caught and goes to jail for more than two decades, and when he gets out, his only goal is to get even. Meanwhile, Angela has worked her way up to the ownership of an elegant restaurant and has fallen in love with handsome young Jean Labrecque (Steve Railsback), who delivers meat to the kitchen -- without either knowing at the time that they are mother and son. With dim lighting, a dim script, and dim chances, this turkey was quickly made into dim-sum and shelved in video cassettes. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Helen (Luce Guilbeault) is a woman who already has, in her view, quite enough children. For some time she has secretly been taking birth control pills, but now she is too old to use them safely. When her husband Gabriel (Jean Mathieu) discovers the pills, he is distressed, since he wants a large family. The two of them discuss their differing attitudes and desires but come to no resolution. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

After being arrested for hitting his wife, and then temporarily thrown out of the house by the irate woman, Paul Laliberte (Jacques Godin) teams up with Madelaine (Luce Guilbeault) and his friend Pierre (Jean LaPointe) - and all three proceed to get into unlikely situations. Laliberte's wife decides to help him out and finds work for him as a skunk exterminator - a task that is rife with possibilities for olfactory trouble. In the end, Laliberte loses his job and strapped for money, robs the office of his ex-boss. Although things do not seem to be heading in quite the right direction for Laliberte, once he has hit bottom then the only way to go is up. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, 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