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Ce qu'il faut pour vivre (2008)
Character: Roger
In 1952, an Inuit hunter named Tivii with tuberculosis leaves his northern home and family to go recuperate at a sanatorium in Quebec City. Uprooted, far from his loved ones, unable to speak French and faced with a completely alien world, he becomes despondent. When he refuses to eat and expresses a wish to die, his nurse, Carole, comes to the realization that Tivii's illness is not the most serious threat to his well-being. She arranges to have a young orphan, Kaki, transferred to the institution. The boy is also sick, but has experience with both worlds and speaks both languages. By sharing his culture with Kaki and opening it up to others, Tivii rediscovers his pride and energy. Ultimately he also rediscovers hope through a plan to adopt Kaki, bring him home and make him part of his family
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Château en Suède (2008)
Character: Gunther
In a castle, isolated in the heart of winter, lives a strange family: Hugo, in his forties; Eléonore, his wife; Aunt Agathe, Hugo's sister, an old maid attached to traditions; Sébastien, Eléonore's brother, to whom he is devoted with a troubled affection. Frédéric, a young student, is welcomed by the family and stays at the castle for a while to research a family ancestor. A complex game of manipulation then begins, orchestrated by all the family members, during which Frédéric finds love, at the risk of his life...
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Imelda 6: Les Pilules (2022)
Character: Louis
Grandsons Louis and Claude are spending a weekend at Imelda's country place - but things go south when Louis takes one of their grandmother's pills.
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Borderline (2008)
Character: Eric
Borderline, a film version of the novels Borderline and La Brèche, tells the story of Kiki at various stages of her life. With her mother institutionalized, she is raised by her grandmother, where left to her own devices, she takes refuge in school. Her life before 30 is a far cry from fairy-tale. Sex and alcohol are her only outlets and her daily reality. She goes through men one after another.
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Petit Jésus (2023)
Character: Jean
Jean, a father recently separated, is facing a lot of difficulties. But his life may will change because he thinks his 10 years old son Loulou, do wonders. With a bit of luck... he could be a new messiah ! Jean has just to convince everybody else.
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Ego Trip (2015)
Character: Paul Plante
Talk show host Marc Morin is at a crossroads in his career and in his personal life. The ratings of his show are failing and he is losing touch with his family. In an effort to regain the love and respect of his audience, Marc’s agent decides to send him, against his will, on a humanitarian mission to Haiti. Nothing can prepare Marc for the journey on which he is about to embark.
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Babine (2008)
Character: Ti-Toine
The adventures of Babine, the son of a witch and a village pariah, as he ventures forth into the world and narrowly evades death.
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Le poil de la bête (2010)
Character: Vadeboncoeur
Takes place in 1665 in New France at a time when a part of Canada was colonialized by France. Joseph Côté escapes from a prison in order to avoid death by hanging. Moreover, while some colonial soldiers are chasing him, Joseph takes the identity of a Jesuit and hides in the seigneury of Beaufort where most men are waiting for "daughters of the king." (French women who were sent to Canada in order to find a husband.) At night, Joseph finds out that there are werewolves that terrorize the village. Besides, things get complicated when he falls in love with Marie Labotte, a "daughter of the king" that no one wants to marry. All in all, by simply trying to protect his life and Marie's, Joseph will end up fighting against the werewolves.
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Le Petit Locataire (2016)
Character: Toussaint
There is one thing that Nicole, who is soon turning fifty, would have loved to be spared, is to learn that the symptoms that have been ruining her life for some time are not those of a latent menopause, but those of a real pregnancy! What a drag…
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Louis Cyr (2013)
Character: Louis Cyr
Biopic of Louis Cyr, strongest man in the world at the end of the 19th Century.
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Votez Bougon (2016)
Character: Junior Bougon
Paul Bougon ignites social media networks and public opinion after his brief participation in a television program. Having become an instant celebrity thanks to his outspokenness, he decides to go into politics and founds his own party. With the help of his devoted entourage and at the head of the PEN (Parti de l’Écœurement National) [National Disgust Party], he wins the elections and becomes Premier. The challenges of his new career place him in front of heartbreaking choices.
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La Promesse verte (2024)
Character: Paul Lepage
Carole tries to save the life of her son who has been wrongfully sentenced to death in a rigged trial.
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Starbuck (2011)
Character: Avocat
David Wozniak is a perpetual adolescent who discovers that, as a sperm donor, he has fathered 533 children. He is advised that more than 100 of his offspring are trying to force the fertility clinic to reveal the true identity of "Starbuck," the pseudonym he used when donating his sperm. To make matters worse, his girlfriend Valérie is pregnant with his child, but doesn't feel that he is mature enough to be a father.
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J'adore ce que vous faites (2022)
Character: Bob Martel
Gérard Lanvin has an important role in a new blockbuster! Filming is about to begin in the South of France. On site, he meets Momo Zapareto, the pool boy at the house he is renting for the duration or the shoot. But Momo is a fan, a big fan… an uberfan! He has seen all his films and is soon doing all he can to make himself indispensable to his idol and the technical crew. For Gérard, the nightmare has just begun…
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Arlette (2022)
Character: Chef de l'opposition
Approached by the Prime Minister of Quebec to rejuvenate the image of his government, Arlette Saint-Amour becomes, overnight, Minister of Culture. She succeeds by her look and her daring in creating a real buzz around Culture.
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Mlle Bottine (2024)
Character: Philippe Bloom
Philippe, an opera composer in search of inspiration, is forced to take in Simone, his rebellious, eccentric niece whose best friend is a skunk. Despite their diametrically opposed personalities, Philippe and Simone quickly discover that they may need each other more than they first thought.
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Les 4 soldats (2013)
Character: Big Max
A climate of civil war, a fight that has made them lose everything including their youth, four soldiers aged 13 to 20 years, will meet and build friendships. In the grip of an adult conflict, which they do not understand, Matéo, Dominique, Big Max and Kevin will keep recreating, round a pond and a cabin, a family.
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Brutus vs Cesar (2020)
Character: Medicus
Faced with the tyranny of Caesar who acts as absolute master over Rome, Senators Rufus and Cassius form a plot to assassinate him.
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Demain tout commence (2016)
Character: Bernie
A man without attachments or responsibilities suddenly finds himself with an abandoned baby and leaves for London to try and find the mother. Eight years later after he and his daughter become inseparable Gloria's mother reappears.
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Trois fois rien (2022)
Character: Nicolas Grenier, aka "Brindille"
Twig, Cap and Rusty live however they can in the Bois de Vincennes, east of Paris. This may completely change the day they learn they are the national lottery winner – though it is less than expected! Yet, they still need to collect the money and share it in equal parts. The hardest part of all will be to resume a “normal” life, filled with surprises and contradictions.
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Frisson des collines (2011)
Character: Burger
In order to to see his idol, Jimi Hendrix, a twelve year old boy attempts a journey from his Quebec village to Woodstock.
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Menteur (2019)
Character: Phil Aubert
Simon Aubert runs his entire life on lies. An executive at an aviation company, he lies about everything… Simon’s self-serving lies are so abundant that the universe (governed by a handful of Buddhist monks, it seems) decides to right a wrong by teaching him a lesson and making all of the lies reality on the eve of his company’s crucial meeting with a Russian businessman that Simon absolutely needs to impress in order to prevent the closure of the small-town plant where his twin brother Phil works.
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Les 12 travaux d'Imelda (2022)
Character: Louis
Imelda, a larger-than-life character inspired by the director's grandmother, sets herself on a quest to settle old scores before celebrating her 100th birthday.
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Les Furies (2025)
Character: Antoine
Waterloo will now have its own semi-pro men's hockey team, thus expelling the amateur women's leagues from the arena. To avenge their lost ice time, an impulsive hockey player and a ruthless octogenarian—a former derby champion—have a plan: recruit the city's disenfranchised and form an underground roller derby team. With the help of the Women's Club, they will prove that women's sports can also inspire crowds and that sisterhood is the ultimate act of resistance.
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Menteuse (2025)
Character: Phil Aubert
Driven by the idea of making people around her happy, Virginie lies constantly. As her partner Phil fears, her many lies become reality and create multiverses that completely disrupt their lives and those around them.
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Les maîtres du suspense (2014)
Character: Quentin Wilson
Hubert Wolfe, bestselling author, suffers from the writer's block for a long time. Thus, he often used a ghost writer, the talented but taciturn Dany. While the deadline for his next novel approaches, Wolfe still requires the help of his secret accomplice. But Dany is going through difficult times and finds himself before a blank page. So he hires a second ghost writer, Quentin, child care educator who lives under the yoke of his mother.
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Embrasse-moi comme tu m'aimes (2016)
Character: Réal St-Germain
Montreal, 1940. The Second World War is raging in Europe. Pierre Sauvageau, 22, would like to enlist, but he has to take care of his twin sister, crippled from birth. This proximity awakens the sensuality of Berthe who tries to seduce her brother. Pierre rejects her advances, but when he falls in love with Marguerite, his best friend's girlfriend, he is haunted by the fantasy of his sister.
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Au revoir le bonheur (2021)
Character: Le Nostalgique - Thomas
To commemorate the passing of their beloved father, four brothers very much at odds congregate for one final week at their summer house in the Magdalen Islands. As they bid their final goodbyes, the four brothers revisit their past joys and hardships as each one of them struggles to give meaning to their very different lives.
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