Francis Ducharme

C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)

A young French Canadian, one of five boys in a conservative family in the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to reconcile his emerging identity with his father's values.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Marc Vallée
CAST:  Michel Côté  •  Danielle Proulx  •  Émile Vallée  •  Marc-André Grondin

A young French Canadian, one of five boys in a conservative family in the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to reconcile his emerging identity with his father's values.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Marc Vallée
CAST:  Michel Côté  •  Danielle Proulx  •  Émile Vallée  •  Marc-André Grondin

Over My Dead Body (2012)

The film is a portrait of Dave St-Pierre, a dancer and choreographer from Montreal who is urgently awaiting a lung transplant due to his lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brigitte Poupart
CAST:  Dave St-Pierre  •  Brigitte Poupart  •  Francis Ducharme  •  Enrica Boucher

The film is a portrait of Dave St-Pierre, a dancer and choreographer from Montreal who is urgently awaiting a lung transplant due to his lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brigitte Poupart
CAST:  Dave St-Pierre  •  Brigitte Poupart  •  Francis Ducharme  •  Enrica Boucher

Vital Signs (2009)

After losing a loved one, Simone decides to volunteer in a hospital and spends her days with terminally ill patients. However, other parts of her life soon begin to suffer as well.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sophie Deraspe
CAST:  Marie-Hélène Bellavance  •  Francis Ducharme  •  Suzanne St-Michel  •  Marie Brassard

After losing a loved one, Simone decides to volunteer in a hospital and spends her days with terminally ill patients. However, other parts of her life soon begin to suffer as well.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sophie Deraspe
CAST:  Marie-Hélène Bellavance  •  Francis Ducharme  •  Suzanne St-Michel  •  Marie Brassard

Grande ourse : La clé des possibles (2009)

To save his best friend, Louis-Bernard Lapointe has to transport himself to a parallel world to find the 'Key of Possibilities', a magical and legendary object that allow his user to visit an infinite numbers of universes where everything is possible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrice Sauvé
CAST:  Fanny Cournoyer  •  Mylène Cournoyer  •  Normand Daneau  •  Anne Dorval

To save his best friend, Louis-Bernard Lapointe has to transport himself to a parallel world to find the 'Key of Possibilities', a magical and legendary object that allow his user to visit an infinite numbers of universes where everything is possible.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrice Sauvé
CAST:  Fanny Cournoyer  •  Mylène Cournoyer  •  Normand Daneau  •  Anne Dorval

I Killed My Mother (2009)

Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the banks of Saint Lawrence river, where he grew up ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xavier Dolan
CAST:  Xavier Dolan  •  Anne Dorval  •  François Arnaud  •  Suzanne Clément

Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the banks of Saint Lawrence river, where he grew up ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xavier Dolan
CAST:  Xavier Dolan  •  Anne Dorval  •  François Arnaud  •  Suzanne Clément

Passage (2008)

Exquisitely filmed in black-and-white, this experimental narrative follows four friends on a road trip as they discover the complicated arena of unseen desire that arises when ecstasy and sexuality mix.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karl Lemieux
CAST:  Brigitte Pogonat  •  Francis Ducharme  •  Geneviève Ouellon  •  Mathieu Bourguet

Exquisitely filmed in black-and-white, this experimental narrative follows four friends on a road trip as they discover the complicated arena of unseen desire that arises when ecstasy and sexuality mix.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karl Lemieux
CAST:  Brigitte Pogonat  •  Francis Ducharme  •  Geneviève Ouellon  •  Mathieu Bourguet

The Five of Us (2004)

In Montreal, the teenagers Manon, Anne, Isa, Claudie and Sophie are friends since their childhood. While spending a couple of days in the cottage of Sophie's parents nearby a lake, the girls decide to give a party, and Manon and Sophie hitch for a ride to the town ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ghyslaine Côté
CAST:  Jacinthe Laguë  •  Julie Deslauriers  •  Ingrid Falaise  •  Brigitte Lafleur

In Montreal, the teenagers Manon, Anne, Isa, Claudie and Sophie are friends since their childhood. While spending a couple of days in the cottage of Sophie's parents nearby a lake, the girls decide to give a party, and Manon and Sophie hitch for a ride to the town ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ghyslaine Côté
CAST:  Jacinthe Laguë  •  Julie Deslauriers  •  Ingrid Falaise  •  Brigitte Lafleur

Corbo (2015)

Montreal, spring 1966. Jean Corbo, 16 years old, born to a Quebec mother and an Italian father, is torn between his two affiliations. After befriending two young far-left activists, he joined the Front de Libération du Québec, an underground radical group. Jean, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mathieu Denis
CAST:  Anthony Therrien  •  Antoine L'Écuyer  •  Karelle Tremblay  •  Tony Nardi

Montreal, spring 1966. Jean Corbo, 16 years old, born to a Quebec mother and an Italian father, is torn between his two affiliations. After befriending two young far-left activists, he joined the Front de Libération du Québec, an underground radical group. Jean, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mathieu Denis
CAST:  Anthony Therrien  •  Antoine L'Écuyer  •  Karelle Tremblay  •  Tony Nardi

Nelly (2017)

A high-class prostitute by choice, Nelly Arcan’s colorful life is recreated in a multi-layered and stylish mix of make-believe and memoir, revealing Nelly’s alter egos: the neurotic writer, the vulnerable lover, the call girl and the star. Nelly shocked the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anne Émond
CAST:  Mylène Mackay  •  Milya Corbeil-Gauvreau  •  Mickaël Gouin  •  Francis Leplay

A high-class prostitute by choice, Nelly Arcan’s colorful life is recreated in a multi-layered and stylish mix of make-believe and memoir, revealing Nelly’s alter egos: the neurotic writer, the vulnerable lover, the call girl and the star. Nelly shocked the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anne Émond
CAST:  Mylène Mackay  •  Milya Corbeil-Gauvreau  •  Mickaël Gouin  •  Francis Leplay

Chasse-Galerie : La Légende (2016)

In 1863, a group of snow-bound travelers invokes the devil, who gives them a flying canoe for them to go home. When one of them finds his wife about to die in labor, he makes a pact with the devil to save her and his newborn daughter Liza. He then cheats the devil ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Philippe Duval
CAST:  Francis Ducharme  •  Caroline Dhavernas  •  François Papineau  •  Vincent-Guillaume Otis

In 1863, a group of snow-bound travelers invokes the devil, who gives them a flying canoe for them to go home. When one of them finds his wife about to die in labor, he makes a pact with the devil to save her and his newborn daughter Liza. He then cheats the devil ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Philippe Duval
CAST:  Francis Ducharme  •  Caroline Dhavernas  •  François Papineau  •  Vincent-Guillaume Otis

Dans une galaxie près de chez vous 2 (2008)

The crew aboard the Romano Fafard spaceship continues their mission. Captain Patenaude and his acolytes land on planet: Crème hydratante pour le visage soulage la peau sèche (moisturing cream for the face soothes dry skin!) in hopes of finding the ship’s probe, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Gagnon
CAST:  Guy Jodoin  •  Sylvie Moreau  •  Stéphane Crête  •  Claude Legault

The crew aboard the Romano Fafard spaceship continues their mission. Captain Patenaude and his acolytes land on planet: Crème hydratante pour le visage soulage la peau sèche (moisturing cream for the face soothes dry skin!) in hopes of finding the ship’s probe, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philippe Gagnon
CAST:  Guy Jodoin  •  Sylvie Moreau  •  Stéphane Crête  •  Claude Legault

Rive-Sud (2018)

While paranoia takes over a small town following an unsolved crime, a woman in a state of panic attempts to go on with her life after witnessing a murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xavier Hamel
CAST:  Sylvie Léonard  •  Debbie Lynch-White  •  Marie Cantin  •  Francis Ducharme

While paranoia takes over a small town following an unsolved crime, a woman in a state of panic attempts to go on with her life after witnessing a murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xavier Hamel
CAST:  Sylvie Léonard  •  Debbie Lynch-White  •  Marie Cantin  •  Francis Ducharme

Lonely Child (2005)

William is constantly shooting video journals of his life to have as souvenirs for himself. Feeling the end of his relationship with Médéric, his young lover, William spends two days camping with him, taking advantage of the situation by filming the trip and their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pascal Robitaille
CAST:  Dhanaé Audet-Beaulieu  •  Sylvie-Katherine Bouchard  •  Madeleine Péloquin  •  Francis Ducharme

William is constantly shooting video journals of his life to have as souvenirs for himself. Feeling the end of his relationship with Médéric, his young lover, William spends two days camping with him, taking advantage of the situation by filming the trip and their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pascal Robitaille
CAST:  Dhanaé Audet-Beaulieu  •  Sylvie-Katherine Bouchard  •  Madeleine Péloquin  •  Francis Ducharme

The Runners-Up (2017)

A man, a women, a cabin, and a piano.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claudia Hébert
CAST:  Geneviève Boivin-Roussy  •  Francis Ducharme

A man, a women, a cabin, and a piano.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claudia Hébert
CAST:  Geneviève Boivin-Roussy  •  Francis Ducharme

Tell Me Why These Things Are So Beautiful (2024)

Brother Marie-Victorin (Le Jardin Botanique, La Flore Laurentienne) was 46 when he met 23-year-old Marcelle Gauvreau. Both have been close to death and share the same love of God and Nature. He becomes her teacher, later she becomes his assistant. Their friendship ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lyne Charlebois
CAST:  Alexandre Goyette  •  Mylène Mackay  •  Rachel Graton  •  Francis Ducharme

Brother Marie-Victorin (Le Jardin Botanique, La Flore Laurentienne) was 46 when he met 23-year-old Marcelle Gauvreau. Both have been close to death and share the same love of God and Nature. He becomes her teacher, later she becomes his assistant. Their friendship ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lyne Charlebois
CAST:  Alexandre Goyette  •  Mylène Mackay  •  Rachel Graton  •  Francis Ducharme