Directed by:
François BouvierScreenplay:
François BouvierCinematography:
Steve AsselinComposer:
Benoît CharestCast:
Julie LeBreton, Louise Portal, Mathieu Quesnel, Gilbert Sicotte, Daniel Gadouas, Hugo Dubé, Patrice Robitaille, Geneviève Schmidt, Brigitte Lafleur (more)Plots(1)
Paul, the alter ego of celebrated Canadian cartoonist Michel Rabagliati, receives a perfect cinematic translation in Paul à Quebéc, a charming and wryly funny adaptation of his semi-autobiographical graphic novel "The Song of Roland." It's 1999. Paul (award-winning actor and playwright François Létourneau, "Série Noire") is a graphic designer who lives in Montreal with his girlfriend Lucie (Julie LeBreton, SIFF 2012's Starbuck) and young daughter Rose. Every June they travel to Saint-Nicolas near Québec City to spend Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day weekend with Lucie's extended family. This year, however, comes with some bad news: Her retired father Roland (Gilbert Sicotte, The Salesman) has cancer, and though mother Lisette (Louise Portal, The Decline of the American Empire) insists the disease is manageable, it's not long before it's revealed he hasn't long to live. As everybody comes together for the patriarch's final days, Paul learns more about his father-in-law, from his troubled childhood to his emotionally complicated present, and is thus inspired to tell Roland's story the only way he knows how—through comics. A tragicomedy of enormous power, Paul à Quebéc employs deeply rooted empathy and a marvelous sense of humor to underscore what it means to be human, blemishes and all. (Seattle International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Julie LeBreton
Best movies:
Maurice Richard (2005)
Starbuck (2011)
Tokyo Fiancée (2014)
Louise Portal
Canada
Best movies:
The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
Heading South (2005)
Mathieu Quesnel
Best movies:
An Eye for Beauty (2014)
Gilbert Sicotte
Canada
Best movies:
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Leolo (1992) - narrator
Louis Cyr (2013)
Daniel Gadouas
Canada
Best movies:
Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
Omerta, la loi du silence (1996) (series)
Suspicions (2010)
Hugo Dubé
Canada
Best movies:
Omerta, la loi du silence (1996) (series)
The New Life of Paul Sneijder (2016)
The Hidden Fortress (2001)
Patrice Robitaille
Canada
Best movies:
Maurice Richard (2005)
Le Mirage (2015)
The Woman Who Drinks (2001)
Geneviève Schmidt
Best movies:
The Fall of the American Empire (2018)
Le Trip à trois (2017)
Brigitte Lafleur
Best movies:
François Létourneau
Canada
Best movies:
Heat Wave (2009)
Gabrielle Forcier
Canada
Myriam Leblanc
Best movies:
The Far Side of the Moon (2003)
Le Trip à trois (2017)
Young Juliette (2019)
Éric Bernier
Canada
Marie-Ève Larivière
Canada
Jasmine Lemée
Best movies:
Le Mirage (2015)