Yves Desgagnés

Directing

Yves Desgagnés

Born January 3, 1958 · Les Éboulements, Québec, Canada (age 68)

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Known For

The Barbarian InvasionsThe Barbarian Invasions · 2003
The Barbarian Invasions
7.02003
MovieComedyDrama
In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. His ex-wife, Louise, asks their estranged son, Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. Sebastian makes the impossible happen, using his contacts and disrupting the Canadian healthcare system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the bitter end, while reuniting some of Remy's old friends, including Pierre, Alain, Dominique, Diane, and Claude, who return to see their friend before he passes on.
Shooting StarShooting Star · 2005
Shooting Star
6.62005
MovieComedy
Four young women are participating on Idole Instantanée, a reality show produced by Omni Global, in which a complete stranger turns into a music star in just 24 hours.
Blind TrustBlind Trust · 1986
Blind Trust
5.21986
MovieThrillerCrime
A government ministry's fast-rising head of security asks a shadowy fixer, Meursault, to steal a bag from an armored truck. Meursault goes to Théo, a former night club owner, in prison for two years on false charges, who's being released in exchange for information about Montreal's underworld. Théo agrees to steal the bag for money and safe passage to the US for himself and his son Robin. Théo brings in two helpers, Gilder, ex-con and set designer, and Roxanne, Gilder's friend, a tough-minded petty thief. Their elaborate plan blows up when a guard, Marcel, takes his responsibilities too seriously. What happens to father and son? Will any of the thieves escape?
Louis the 19th, King of the AirwavesLouis the 19th, King of the Airwaves · 1994
Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves
5.71994
MovieComedy
Louis Jobin is an ordinary young man from Montreal who sells televisions at an electronics store. He wins a contest sponsored by the local cable company in which the first prize is that he'll be followed non-stop by a camera crew, with the footage broadcast live on Channel 19. Unfortunately, his ordinary life is so ordinary, despite the best efforts of his starstruck mother, that the producers attempt to spice things up behind his back.
Roméo et JulietteRoméo et Juliette · 2006
Roméo et Juliette
4.72006
MovieDramaRomance
Juliette, 15, is the only child of an eminent judge and has had the best of education in the best of schools. Her father is in the limelight because he’s been chosen to preside over one of the most important trials of the past 10 years: the case of Réal Lamontagne, a notorious criminal accused of killing a child. Roméo, 17, is the son of the accused. Even though they come from diametrically opposed universes, Juliette and Roméo fall for each other.
LNI : 40 ans d'improvisationLNI : 40 ans d'improvisation · 2017
LNI : 40 ans d'improvisation
2017
MovieFamily
Pourquoi l'étrange monsieur Zolock s'intéressait-il tant à la bande dessinée?Pourquoi l'étrange monsieur Zolock s'intéressait-il tant à la bande dessinée? · 1983
Pourquoi l'étrange monsieur Zolock s'intéressait-il tant à la bande dessinée?
1983
MovieDocumentaryComedy
"Why is the strange Mr. Zolock so interested in comics?" is a Canadian docufiction film, released in 1983. A documentary about comic books and graphic novels, the film features interviews with comics illustrators wrapped by a fictional frame story in which Monsieur Zolock (Jean-Louis Millette), an evil supervillain, hires private investigator Dieudonné (Michel Rivard) to investigate the cultural influence of comics as part of his plot to take over the world. The film won the Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 5th Genie Awards in 1984.
Gaspard et fil$Gaspard et fil$ · 1988
Gaspard et fil$
7.01988
MovieComedy
An aging father and son take off for South America in search of their winning lottery ticket.

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Les années de rêvesLes années de rêves · 1984
Les années de rêves
10.01984
Movie
Continuing a saga that began with his previous, 1978 film, Vautours director Jean-Claude Labrecque returns with the French Canadian, Louis Pelletier and puts him in the context of the growing separatist movement in the late 1960s in Quebec. At that time, supporters of an independent Quebec began to consolidate their power under the Parti Québecois -- and the story of Louis and his wife Claudette are meant to illustrate this watershed in Quebec's history. As the film begins, Claudette and Louis are about to get married -- and their wedding day significantly coincides with preparations for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II. Years later, they are well-established in Montreal and are enjoying visits from their family -- and then their lives start to deteriorate. Louis is suddenly out of work, and as he faces the difficulties of finding another job -- and of living precariously -- he becomes more radical, less accepting of the status quo.

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