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François Labonté
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François Labonté

Canadian film director
January 1, 1948 (75 years old)

Alys: The Broken Dream

V.O.: Alys Robi
Can. 1993. Drama by François Labonté with Julie Vincent, Didier Flamand, Betty Lago. A Quebec boy is kidnapped on his way to join his mother in Brazil.
Can. 1991. Biography by François Labonté with Gilbert Sicotte, Marcel Leboeuf, Sylvie Catherine Beaudoin. A documentary about the career of the Quebecer Joseph-Armand Bombardier, inventor of the snowmobile and the snowcat.

Manuel, A Son by Choice

V.O.: Manuel, le fils emprunté
Can. 1990. Psychological drama by François Labonté with Nuno da Costa, Francisco Rabal, Kim Yaroshevskaya. The son of a Portuguese immigrant turns to delinquency until an old Spanish anarchist introduces him to reading.
Runtime: 80 min.
Can. 1988. Comedy by François Labonté with Jacques Godin, Gaston Lepage, Monique Miller. A bookseller joins his father in a relentless search for a winning lottery ticket, forgotten in old clothes given to a relative.
Runtime: 91 min.
Can. 1986. Drama by François Labonté with Eric Brisebois, Jacques Godin, Marthe Turgeon. The scapegoat of his father and peers, a teenager decides to promote himself by participating in the annual race in his region.
Runtime: 92 min.
Runtime: 91 min.

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