The Handyman

The Handyman

1980 · 99 min · ★ 3.8 · Drama, Romance, Comedy

One of Canada's talented directors, actress Micheline Lanctot expresses an effective, engaging approach in this simple, poignant drama about Armand (Jocelyn Berube), a handyman with one problem romance after another. The quiet Armand settles into Montreal after his wife has left him and before long, he continues the momentum when an ill-considered liaison with a nubile woman ends on her insistence. Next, Armand gives his heart to a frustrated housewife, though this decision is hardly well thought out. In the meantime, a gay man who rents out a room in his apartment has unfulfilled longings directed at the unsuspecting handyman. L'Homme a Tout Faire won a Silver Medal for "Best Picture" at the 1980 San Sebastian Film Festival.

Directed by Micheline Lanctôt · Written by Micheline Lanctôt

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Jocelyn Bérubé Armand Dorion
Andrée Pelletier Thérèse St-Amant
Paul Dion Coquel'oeil
Janette Bertrand Mme Lamarche, mère de Thérèse
Gilles Renaud Armand St-Amant
Marcel Sabourin Georges Poitras, chauffeur
Danielle Schneider Manon Lachapelle

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