Guy L'Ecuyer

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Maria Chapdelaine (1983)

A young woman, living with her parents and siblings on a remote farm in harsh, picturesque northern Québec, has three suitors: a steady and unimaginative farmer, Eutrope, the Americanized and wealthy Lorenzo, who has sought his fortune in Boston, and François ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Carle
CAST:  Carole Laure  •  Nick Mancuso  •  Claude Rich  •  Amulette Garneau

A young woman, living with her parents and siblings on a remote farm in harsh, picturesque northern Québec, has three suitors: a steady and unimaginative farmer, Eutrope, the Americanized and wealthy Lorenzo, who has sought his fortune in Boston, and François ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Carle
CAST:  Carole Laure  •  Nick Mancuso  •  Claude Rich  •  Amulette Garneau

The Merry World of Leopold Z (1965)

On Christmas Eve, snowplow driver Leo races to clear the streets of Montreal and complete his holiday shopping in time for midnight Mass. The feature directorial debut of celebrated filmmaker Gilles Carle (The Death of a Lumberjack), The Merry World of Leopold Z is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Carle
CAST:  Guy L'Ecuyer  •  Paul Hébert  •  Jacques Poulin  •  Monique Joly

On Christmas Eve, snowplow driver Leo races to clear the streets of Montreal and complete his holiday shopping in time for midnight Mass. The feature directorial debut of celebrated filmmaker Gilles Carle (The Death of a Lumberjack), The Merry World of Leopold Z is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Carle
CAST:  Guy L'Ecuyer  •  Paul Hébert  •  Jacques Poulin  •  Monique Joly

Parlez-nous d'amour (1976)

A television host tries to react to the process of alienation that the public is subjected to from variety shows.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Claude Lord
CAST:  Jacques Boulanger  •  Benoît Girard  •  Claude Michaud  •  Anne Létourneau

A television host tries to react to the process of alienation that the public is subjected to from variety shows.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Claude Lord
CAST:  Jacques Boulanger  •  Benoît Girard  •  Claude Michaud  •  Anne Létourneau

Lies My Father Told Me (1975)

A Jewish boy grows up in 1920s Montreal with a grandfather who tells stories and a father who won't work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ján Kadár
CAST:  Yossi Yadin  •  Len Birman  •  Marilyn Lightstone  •  Jeff Lynas

A Jewish boy grows up in 1920s Montreal with a grandfather who tells stories and a father who won't work.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ján Kadár
CAST:  Yossi Yadin  •  Len Birman  •  Marilyn Lightstone  •  Jeff Lynas

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

Fantastica (1980)

In this Canadian made oddball mix of music and drama, an actress (Carole Laure) in a traveling musical revue is involved with the show's director until she meets and falls for an aging ecological activist. He too is drawn to her, and together they try to stop a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Carle
CAST:  Carole Laure  •  Lewis Furey  •  Serge Reggiani  •  Denise Filiatrault

In this Canadian made oddball mix of music and drama, an actress (Carole Laure) in a traveling musical revue is involved with the show's director until she meets and falls for an aging ecological activist. He too is drawn to her, and together they try to stop a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Carle
CAST:  Carole Laure  •  Lewis Furey  •  Serge Reggiani  •  Denise Filiatrault

J.A. Martin Photographer (1977)

The wife of photographer J.A. Martin decides to go with him in his tour of the hard Canadian countryside at the turn of the century. She hopes the intimacy will revive their marriage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Beaudin
CAST:  Monique Mercure  •  Marcel Sabourin  •  Marthe Thierry  •  Catherine Tremblay

The wife of photographer J.A. Martin decides to go with him in his tour of the hard Canadian countryside at the turn of the century. She hopes the intimacy will revive their marriage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Beaudin
CAST:  Monique Mercure  •  Marcel Sabourin  •  Marthe Thierry  •  Catherine Tremblay

Les 90 Jours (1959)

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DIRECTION:  Louis Portugais
CAST:  Jean Brousseau  •  Jean Doyon  •  Benoît Girard  •  Teddy Burns Goulet

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DIRECTION:  Louis Portugais
CAST:  Jean Brousseau  •  Jean Doyon  •  Benoît Girard  •  Teddy Burns Goulet

La Corde au cou (1965)

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DIRECTION:  Pierre Patry
CAST:  Guy Godin  •  Andrée Lachapelle  •  Jean Duceppe  •  Henri Norbert

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DIRECTION:  Pierre Patry
CAST:  Guy Godin  •  Andrée Lachapelle  •  Jean Duceppe  •  Henri Norbert

The Christmas Martian (1971)

A martian comes to a small town in Quebec and becomes friends with the town children. He gives them candy to get the children into his spacecraft. This alarms the parents but he wins them over and they have a great big Christmas party.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Gosselin
CAST:  Marcel Sabourin  •  Catherine Leduc  •  François Gosselin  •  Guy L'Ecuyer

A martian comes to a small town in Quebec and becomes friends with the town children. He gives them candy to get the children into his spacecraft. This alarms the parents but he wins them over and they have a great big Christmas party.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard Gosselin
CAST:  Marcel Sabourin  •  Catherine Leduc  •  François Gosselin  •  Guy L'Ecuyer

The Men (1971)

Two incredibly primitive backwoods types have just been released from prison for kidnapping the local police chief's daughter but still have a hankering for a woman. When they return to their campsite, they discover a woodland nymph whom they both bed and who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Carle
CAST:  Donald Pilon  •  René Blouin  •  Andrée Pelletier  •  Katerine Mousseau

Two incredibly primitive backwoods types have just been released from prison for kidnapping the local police chief's daughter but still have a hankering for a woman. When they return to their campsite, they discover a woodland nymph whom they both bed and who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gilles Carle
CAST:  Donald Pilon  •  René Blouin  •  Andrée Pelletier  •  Katerine Mousseau

The Time of the Hunt (1972)

A young boy learns the rituals of what his father and his friends perceive as manhood on a weekend hunting trip.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Mankiewicz
CAST:  Guy L'Ecuyer  •  Marcel Sabourin  •  Pierre Dufresne  •  Olivier L'Ecuyer

A young boy learns the rituals of what his father and his friends perceive as manhood on a weekend hunting trip.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Mankiewicz
CAST:  Guy L'Ecuyer  •  Marcel Sabourin  •  Pierre Dufresne  •  Olivier L'Ecuyer

Tu brûles... tu brûles... (1973)

A dropout gets the margins of society and resists his father’s pressure to return to the bosom of the village. The film transcends anecdote by diving into a wacky and unusual universe, full of fantasy, imagination, and visual and sound gags.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Guy Noël
CAST:  Gabriel Arcand  •  Louise Francoeur  •  Guy L'Ecuyer  •  Raymond Lévesque

A dropout gets the margins of society and resists his father’s pressure to return to the bosom of the village. The film transcends anecdote by diving into a wacky and unusual universe, full of fantasy, imagination, and visual and sound gags.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Guy Noël
CAST:  Gabriel Arcand  •  Louise Francoeur  •  Guy L'Ecuyer  •  Raymond Lévesque

Bar Salon (1974)

Tragicomic portrait of a bar's owners and patrons in a poor Montreal neighbourhood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Forcier
CAST:  Guy L'Ecuyer  •  Françoise Berd  •  Lucille Bélair  •  Madeleine Chartrand

Tragicomic portrait of a bar's owners and patrons in a poor Montreal neighbourhood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Forcier
CAST:  Guy L'Ecuyer  •  Françoise Berd  •  Lucille Bélair  •  Madeleine Chartrand

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

Une Nuit en Amérique (1975)

One night from which arise enigmatic corpses, police who understand nothing, improbable witnesses. Mysteries and inconsistencies are added to each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Chabot
CAST:  Robert Rivard  •  Guy L'Ecuyer  •  Jocelyne Goyette  •  Jill Frappier

One night from which arise enigmatic corpses, police who understand nothing, improbable witnesses. Mysteries and inconsistencies are added to each other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Chabot
CAST:  Robert Rivard  •  Guy L'Ecuyer  •  Jocelyne Goyette  •  Jill Frappier

Cold Journey (1975)

In this feature drama, a Canadian Indigenous youth attempts to find a place for himself. He faces culture shock as the educational system teaches him to be a white man and tries to find a way of life more meaningful to his Indigenous culture and ancestry.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Defalco
CAST:  John Yesno  •  Buckley Petawabano  •  Chief Dan George  •  George Pearson

In this feature drama, a Canadian Indigenous youth attempts to find a place for himself. He faces culture shock as the educational system teaches him to be a white man and tries to find a way of life more meaningful to his Indigenous culture and ancestry.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Defalco
CAST:  John Yesno  •  Buckley Petawabano  •  Chief Dan George  •  George Pearson

Ti-Mine, Bernie pis la gang… (1976)

A married man and his family take in his brother, who is coming out from a religious order. They decide to realise the old family dream, migrate to Florida. But it won't be as easy as they think.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Carrière
CAST:  Marcel Sabourin  •  Jean Lapointe  •  Rita Lafontaine  •  Anne-Marie Ducharme

A married man and his family take in his brother, who is coming out from a religious order. They decide to realise the old family dream, migrate to Florida. But it won't be as easy as they think.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcel Carrière
CAST:  Marcel Sabourin  •  Jean Lapointe  •  Rita Lafontaine  •  Anne-Marie Ducharme

A Pacemaker and a Sidecar (1976)

In a poor neighborhood, teenagers plot an assassination while a party is being organized for the local usurer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Forcier
CAST:  Jean Lapointe  •  Jean-Pierre Bergeron  •  Sophie Clément  •  Louise Gagnon

In a poor neighborhood, teenagers plot an assassination while a party is being organized for the local usurer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Forcier
CAST:  Jean Lapointe  •  Jean-Pierre Bergeron  •  Sophie Clément  •  Louise Gagnon

Ti-Cul Tougas, ou, Le bout de la vie (1976)

In this Canadian character study, a petty thief steals $5,000 from a marching band and heads to the US with his ditzy girl friend and another couple.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Guy Noël
CAST:  Micheline Lanctôt  •  Suzanne Garceau  •  Claude Maher  •  Gilbert Sicotte

In this Canadian character study, a petty thief steals $5,000 from a marching band and heads to the US with his ditzy girl friend and another couple.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Guy Noël
CAST:  Micheline Lanctôt  •  Suzanne Garceau  •  Claude Maher  •  Gilbert Sicotte
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