Robert Gravel

Robert Gravel (14 September 1944 – 12 August 1996) was an actor, dramatist, theatrical director and teacher. He was an influential figure in the modern history of theatre in Quebec. In the middle of the 1970s, Gravel, Jean-Pierre Ronfard and Pol Pelletier co-founded the Théâtre Expérimental de Montréal (TEM). Later ideological conflicts led to the foundation of the Nouveau Théâtre Expérimental. In 1977, Gravel co-founded with Yvon Leduc the highly successful Ligue Nationale d'Improvisation. He died in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon in 1996 and was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal

Chattahoochee (1990)

In 1955 Florida, a Korean vet has a breakdown and is incarcerated in a "maximum security" mental health prison, where patients are abused.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mick Jackson
CAST:  Gary Oldman  •  Dennis Hopper  •  Frances McDormand  •  M. Emmet Walsh

In 1955 Florida, a Korean vet has a breakdown and is incarcerated in a "maximum security" mental health prison, where patients are abused.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mick Jackson
CAST:  Gary Oldman  •  Dennis Hopper  •  Frances McDormand  •  M. Emmet Walsh

Dans le ventre du dragon (1989)

The title of this French-Canadian film translates to In the Belly of the Dragon, but don't assume that it's just another kung fu epic. Rather, the film is a likeable mixture of science fiction and humor, centered around the money-making schemes of star David La ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Simoneau
CAST:  Rémy Girard  •  Michel Côté  •  David La Haye  •  Marie Tifo

The title of this French-Canadian film translates to In the Belly of the Dragon, but don't assume that it's just another kung fu epic. Rather, the film is a likeable mixture of science fiction and humor, centered around the money-making schemes of star David La ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Simoneau
CAST:  Rémy Girard  •  Michel Côté  •  David La Haye  •  Marie Tifo

Pudding chômeur (1996)

Deliberately Felliniesque, this surreal and uneven Canadian satire from iconoclastic French Canadian director Gilles Carle offers an episodic look into an anarchistic, metaphorical world filled with a bizarre assortment of weirdos, wackos and misanthropes. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Carle
CAST:  Chloé Sainte-Marie  •  Louis-Philippe Davignon-Daigneault  •  Martine Deslauriers  •  France Arbour

Deliberately Felliniesque, this surreal and uneven Canadian satire from iconoclastic French Canadian director Gilles Carle offers an episodic look into an anarchistic, metaphorical world filled with a bizarre assortment of weirdos, wackos and misanthropes. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Carle
CAST:  Chloé Sainte-Marie  •  Louis-Philippe Davignon-Daigneault  •  Martine Deslauriers  •  France Arbour

Mistaken Person (1995)

Charles Renard, a police officer who has lost his hearing following an ear injury during an operation, is entrusted upon his return to work with the investigation of credit card thefts committed by a woman who uses newspaper classified ads to lure her prey.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Noël
CAST:  Michel Côté  •  Macha Grenon  •  Paul Doucet  •  Robert Gravel

Charles Renard, a police officer who has lost his hearing following an ear injury during an operation, is entrusted upon his return to work with the investigation of credit card thefts committed by a woman who uses newspaper classified ads to lure her prey.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Noël
CAST:  Michel Côté  •  Macha Grenon  •  Paul Doucet  •  Robert Gravel

Black List (1995)

At the trial of a judge who was found with a prostitute, a list of clients pops up. It contains the names of some very influential judges and politicians. Then, dead bodies and death threats erupt. Jacques is the trial judge and his own life seems to be in danger...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Marc Vallée
CAST:  Michel Côté  •  Geneviève Brouillette  •  Sylvie Bourque  •  Yves Allaire

At the trial of a judge who was found with a prostitute, a list of clients pops up. It contains the names of some very influential judges and politicians. Then, dead bodies and death threats erupt. Jacques is the trial judge and his own life seems to be in danger...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Marc Vallée
CAST:  Michel Côté  •  Geneviève Brouillette  •  Sylvie Bourque  •  Yves Allaire

Au clair de la lune (1983)

A friendship between a good man with bowling as his only passion and a queer albino.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Forcier
CAST:  Michel Côté  •  Guy L'Ecuyer  •  Lucie Miville  •  Robert Gravel

A friendship between a good man with bowling as his only passion and a queer albino.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Forcier
CAST:  Michel Côté  •  Guy L'Ecuyer  •  Lucie Miville  •  Robert Gravel

A Paper Wedding (1989)

A woman agrees to a marriage of convenience with a refugee.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Brault
CAST:  Geneviève Bujold  •  Manuel Aranguiz  •  Dorothée Berryman  •  Monique Lepage

A woman agrees to a marriage of convenience with a refugee.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Brault
CAST:  Geneviève Bujold  •  Manuel Aranguiz  •  Dorothée Berryman  •  Monique Lepage

Blind Trust (1986)

A government ministry's fast-rising head of security asks a shadowy fixer, Meursault, to steal a bag from an armored truck. Meursault goes to Théo, a former night club owner, in prison for two years on false charges, who's being released in exchange for information ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Simoneau
CAST:  Marie Tifo  •  Pierre Curzi  •  Jacques Godin  •  Robert Gravel

A government ministry's fast-rising head of security asks a shadowy fixer, Meursault, to steal a bag from an armored truck. Meursault goes to Théo, a former night club owner, in prison for two years on false charges, who's being released in exchange for information ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yves Simoneau
CAST:  Marie Tifo  •  Pierre Curzi  •  Jacques Godin  •  Robert Gravel

The Alley Cat (1985)

Florent Boissonneault and his young wife Elise always had one dream: own a restaurant. When they meet a strange old man, Egon Ratablavasky, their dream become reality, but only to quick turn into a nightmare when they sadly discover they had been tricked by him, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Beaudin
CAST:  Serge Dupire  •  Monique Spaziani  •  Jean Carmet  •  Julien Guiomar

Florent Boissonneault and his young wife Elise always had one dream: own a restaurant. When they meet a strange old man, Egon Ratablavasky, their dream become reality, but only to quick turn into a nightmare when they sadly discover they had been tricked by him, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Beaudin
CAST:  Serge Dupire  •  Monique Spaziani  •  Jean Carmet  •  Julien Guiomar

Les grands enfants (1980)

Les Grands Enfants does not tell a story in the traditional sense. Instead, it offers an honest image of people's dreams of change : people often unemployed, dissatisfied in some way with their work, or caught up in complicated social relationships. The film is set ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Tana
CAST:  Gilbert Sicotte  •  Julie Vincent  •  Robert Gravel  •  Jean Mathieu

Les Grands Enfants does not tell a story in the traditional sense. Instead, it offers an honest image of people's dreams of change : people often unemployed, dissatisfied in some way with their work, or caught up in complicated social relationships. The film is set ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Tana
CAST:  Gilbert Sicotte  •  Julie Vincent  •  Robert Gravel  •  Jean Mathieu

The Last Glacier (1984)

A docudrama on the closing of the town of Schefferville. When Raoul loses his job at the mine because the operations are ending, he's been settled there for ten years with Carmen and their son. They're now forced to leave the town, leaving behind the traces of an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Leduc  •  Roger Frappier
CAST:  Robert Gravel  •  Louise Laprade  •  Martin Dumont  •  Michel Rivard

A docudrama on the closing of the town of Schefferville. When Raoul loses his job at the mine because the operations are ending, he's been settled there for ten years with Carmen and their son. They're now forced to leave the town, leaving behind the traces of an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Leduc  •  Roger Frappier
CAST:  Robert Gravel  •  Louise Laprade  •  Martin Dumont  •  Michel Rivard

Soho (1994)

Soho, an aspiring young woman of about 30, lives on the fringe with all those who, like her, believe that one day they will be a famous writer, a star dancer or a famous director. While waiting for that day, they take up yoga, positive thinking, or various forms of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Philippe Duval
CAST:  Pascale Montpetit  •  James Hyndman  •  Rita Lafontaine  •  Dominic Darceuil

Soho, an aspiring young woman of about 30, lives on the fringe with all those who, like her, believe that one day they will be a famous writer, a star dancer or a famous director. While waiting for that day, they take up yoga, positive thinking, or various forms of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Philippe Duval
CAST:  Pascale Montpetit  •  James Hyndman  •  Rita Lafontaine  •  Dominic Darceuil

Les vautours (1975)

Although he is something of a layabout, and is still living with his mother, her death comes as something of a shock to Louis Pelletier (Gilbert Sicotte). Still, he has hopes of some sort of legacy and believes that his relatives will help him find a job. All his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Claude Labrecque
CAST:  Gilbert Sicotte  •  Monique Mercure  •  Carmen Tremblay  •  Amulette Garneau

Although he is something of a layabout, and is still living with his mother, her death comes as something of a shock to Louis Pelletier (Gilbert Sicotte). Still, he has hopes of some sort of legacy and believes that his relatives will help him find a job. All his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Claude Labrecque
CAST:  Gilbert Sicotte  •  Monique Mercure  •  Carmen Tremblay  •  Amulette Garneau

Normande (1975)

Normande St-Onge works as a clerk in a pharmacy and takes dance classes with the dream of being a cabaret dancer. Her mother, Berthe, has been confined to a mental institution by Normande's uncle, the wealthy lawyer Jean-Paul. But Normande, who does not believe her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Carle
CAST:  Carole Laure  •  Raymond Cloutier  •  Reynald Bouchard  •  Carmen Giroux

Normande St-Onge works as a clerk in a pharmacy and takes dance classes with the dream of being a cabaret dancer. Her mother, Berthe, has been confined to a mental institution by Normande's uncle, the wealthy lawyer Jean-Paul. But Normande, who does not believe her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Carle
CAST:  Carole Laure  •  Raymond Cloutier  •  Reynald Bouchard  •  Carmen Giroux

Les « troubbes » de Johnny (1974)

A pleasant fantasy about the setbacks experienced by a young man who loves costumes. His wife having left him, he goes after her to live some rather funny adventures.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Godbout
CAST:  Robert Gravel  •  Dorothée Berryman  •  Marcel Sabourin  •  Paul Buissonneau

A pleasant fantasy about the setbacks experienced by a young man who loves costumes. His wife having left him, he goes after her to live some rather funny adventures.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Godbout
CAST:  Robert Gravel  •  Dorothée Berryman  •  Marcel Sabourin  •  Paul Buissonneau

Moments Before the New Year (1985)

A mentally deficient man spends New Year's Eve in front of the television in his dingy rooming house, in the company of his landlord. The two spend the evening drinking and watching a ten-year summary of global catastrophes before the ominous programming is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Morin
CAST:  Robert Gravel  •  Paul Savoie

A mentally deficient man spends New Year's Eve in front of the television in his dingy rooming house, in the company of his landlord. The two spend the evening drinking and watching a ten-year summary of global catastrophes before the ominous programming is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Morin
CAST:  Robert Gravel  •  Paul Savoie