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J. Léo Gagnon
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J. Léo Gagnon

January 1, 1907 (January 31, 1983)
Can. 1982. Fantasy comedy by André Forcier with Michel Côté, Guy L'Ecuyer, Lucie Miville. A whimsical person with albinism befriends a former bowling champion.
Runtime: 90 min.
Can. 1976. Mores comedy by André Forcier with Jean Lapointe, Jean-Pierre Bergeron, Sophie Clément. In a working-class neighborhood, while a party is being organized for the local loan shark, some teenagers plot an assassination.
Runtime: 94 min.

The Head of Normande St-Onge

V.O.: La Tête de Normande St-Onge
Can. 1975. Psychological drama by Gilles Carle with Carole Laure, Renée Girard, Raymond Cloutier. A young girl smuggles her mother out of the hospital and into her home.
Runtime: 115 min.

Orders

V.O.: Les Ordres
Can. 1974. Social drama by Michel Brault with Jean Lapointe, Hélène Loiselle, Guy Provost. Portrayal of the fate of five people who were victims of the War Measures Act
Runtime: 112 min.
Can. 1973. Social drama by Denys Arcand with Jean Lajeunesse, Luce Guilbeault, Pierre Thériault. A reception hosted by a construction contractor is interrupted by the return of his ex-wife.
Runtime: 94 min.

Death of a Lumberjack

V.O.: La Mort d'un bûcheron
Can. 1973. Dramatic comedy by Gilles Carle with Carole Laure, Daniel Pilon, Denise Filiatrault. A young girl who has come to Montreal to find her father is exploited by a cabaret owner.
Runtime: 114 min.

The Last Betrothal

V.O.: Les Dernières Fiançailles
Can. 1973. Poetic drama by Jean-Pierre Lefebvre with J. Léo Gagnon, Marthe Nadeau, Marcel Sabourin. The last days of an old couple in a house in the countryside, in the middle of an orchard.
Runtime: 94 min.

Dirty Money

V.O.: La Maudite Galette
Can. 1972. Crime drama by Denys Arcand with Marcel Sabourin, Luce Guilbeault, René Caron. A vicious murder puts in motion a series of settling of scores.
Runtime: 100 min.

Far from the Sun

V.O.: On est loin du soleil
Can. 1970. Drama by Jacques Leduc with J. Léo Gagnon, Esther Auger, Marcel Sabourin. The mundane daily life of a family who is guided by the spirit of renunciation.
Runtime: 79 min.
Can. 1962. Comedy by René Bonnière with Jacques Labrecque, Geneviève Bujold, Huguette Oligny. A suburbanite neglects his family to devote himself entirely to his beautiful lawn, which he discovers one day has been invaded by unsightly fungi.
Runtime: 80 min.
U.S. 1951. Crime drama by Otto Preminger with Linda Darnell, Charles Boyer, Michael Rennie. Anonymous letters poison the atmosphere of a small town.
Runtime: 85 min.

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