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The Alley Cat (1985 film)

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The Alley Cat
FrenchLe Matou
Directed byJean Beaudin
Written byYves Beauchemin (novel)
Lise Lemay-Rousseau (writer)
Produced byJustine Héroux
StarringSerge Dupire
Monique Spaziani
Jean Carmet
Julien Guiomar
Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge
Miguel Fernandes
Johanne Fontaine
CinematographyClaude Agostini
Edited byJean-Pierre Cereghetti
Music byFrançois Dompierre
Distributed byCinévidéo
Release date
  • August 28, 1985 (1985-08-28) (Canada)
Running time
141 minutes
CountriesCanada
France
LanguageFrench

The Alley Cat (French: Le Matou) is a 1985 Canadian/French French-language drama film based on the novel of the same name by Yves Beauchemin.

Plot

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Florent (Dupire) and his wife Elise (Spaziani) always had one dream: to own a restaurant. When they meet a strange old man, Egon Ratablavasky (Carmet), their dream becomes a reality, but only to quickly turn into a nightmare when they sadly discover they have been tricked by him and lose everything.

Production

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Restaurant scenes were set in and shot at La Binerie Mont-Royal.[1]

Recognition

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References

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  1. ^ Guillemette, Mélissa (2008-06-23). "Comme il y a 70 ans". Journal de Montréal (in French). Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on December 9, 2012. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
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