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Love-Moi (1991)

Love-Moi poster
Original title
Love-moi
Directed by
Marcel Simard
Genre
fiction film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
14A
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A theater director works with a group of street youths to create a play about their lives after one of them is murdered. The film follows their struggles as they write and perform the show.

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What happens

Love Me (French: Love-moi) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Marcel Simard and released in 1991. The film stars Germain Houde as Charles, a theatre director who enlists a troubled group of street youths to write and perform in a theatre show about their lives after one of their gang is murdered. The cast includes Paule Baillargeon, Mario Saint-Amand, Yvon Roy, Lucie Laurier, Sonia Laplante, Éric Brisebois, Dominique Leduc, Lyne Durocher, Hugolin Chevrette, Stéphane Demers, Denis Bouchard, Claire Pimparé, Marc Désourdy, Ducarmel Cyrius, Léa-Marie Cantin and Lénie Scoffié. The film premiered in theatres in February 1991. Jo Caron, Yvon Benoît and Michel Descombes received a Genie Award nomination for Best Overall Sound at the 12th Genie Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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