Acting
Rolland D'Amour
Born July 26, 1913
Died September 25, 1993 · aged 80
No biography available.
Known For
Le père Chopin · 1945Le père Chopin
★ 6.51945
MovieDramaRomance
A widower is struggling to raise his five children, when he finds a rich brother who imagines he will make them happy by unwittingly destroying their modest projects. After many disasters, the uncle will be more understanding and repair his wrongs. A duel to finish: moral values and love against money and selfishness, in the Quebec of the 1940s.
The Ernie Game · 1968The Ernie Game
★ 5.41968
MovieDramaCrime
This fictional feature follows a twenty-something man who is struggling to define his position in the world in early adulthood. He has left their parents' home but still has not made an home of his own. Our protagonist’s alienation is palpable; for him life is a game, not because he chooses to make it so, but because he is unable to make anything more of it. But for those who befriend him and eventually turn him loose again, his game is not enough.
The Promised Land · 1959The Promised Land
★ 9.01959
MovieDrama
Pioneers struggle to establish a town in the harsh unsettled wilderness of northern Quebec during the depression.
Rope Around the Neck · 1965Rope Around the Neck
★ 5.81965
MovieDrama
A misfit desperately looking for the murderer who has just killed his wife.
Le grand jour · 1988Le grand jour
1988
MovieComedyTV Movie
A day in the life of two Québec families reunited for their children's wedding.
Whispering City · 1947Whispering City
★ 4.81947
MovieDramaThriller
After hearing that a famous actress is dying in a hospital after being hit by a car, a reporter goes to the hospital to interview the actress. She then tells the reporter that her wealthy fiance, who was killed in an accident several years before, was actually murdered. Before long the reporter finds herself in a web of corruption, mental illness and murder.
The Lady of Colours · 1985The Lady of Colours
★ 6.21985
MovieDrama
In Quebec 40s, orphans or abandoned children are placed in a gigantic psychiatric hospital where children were locked. Were they sick? No, they simply had no family. To escape this oppressive universe, they created a parallel world: the institution's basement where, in a maze of tunnels, they founded an independent company, with its rituals, spells. A young girl, Agnes, reigns over this underground world that adults seem to tolerate.
Little Aurore's Tragedy · 1952Little Aurore's Tragedy
★ 5.41952
MovieDramaHorror
A little girl wittness the death of her mother- expressly killed through negligence by the woman supposedly nursing the invalid mother back to health. The coniving nurse in turn marries the child's father thereby taking the dead woman's place and becoming the little girl's stepmother. After unwisely revealing to the stepmother that she knows the reason for her mother's death; Aurore is abused by her stepmother who hopes that in torturing the child she can keep her silent. The father, who is absent during the day farming the land, closes his eyes or refuses to believe his new wife is abusive when confronted by the sight of his miserable burnt and beaten child.



