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L'oreille d'un sourd

May 28, 1996
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Comedy

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A philandering wife and a sleazy womanizing con-man team up to off a troublesome father-in-law in this acid-tinged French Canadian black comedy. Leon, the con-artist makes his living cheating Catholic bingo players by hosting bogus religious pilgrimages. He is involved with a woman, but that doesn't stop him from getting involved with the frustrated Sophie who hates living in a tiny apartment with her lazy husband, her ever-gloomy teenage daughter and her husband's demanding, self-centered father, Emile. Sophie is so desperate to escape and start a new life that she convinces Leon to help her kill Emile who allegedly has $150,000 tucked away. The murder is to occur during one of Leon's pilgrimages. He convinces his son Paolo, an ex-con, to assist. Despite their careful planning, nothing prepares the would-be killers for the surprising result.

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CAST

Marcel Sabourin
Micheline Lanctôt
Paul Hébert
Luc Proulx
Marilys Ducharme
Fabien Dupuis
Julien Poulin
André Montmorency
Directed by Mario Bolduc

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Original language
FR
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CA
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