The Alley Cat
1985•PG•2h 21m•5.1•Released
Drama
Florent Boissonneault and his young wife Elise always had one dream: own a restaurant. When they meet a strange old man, Egon Ratablavasky, their dream become reality, but only to quick turn into a nightmare when they sadly discover they had been tricked by him, and lost everything. But their dream is not dead, and a strong desire of avenging soon bring them back in business, with the help of an homeless kid, a french cook and a friendly journalist. But the old man still had trick on for them his bag...
Director
Jean Beaudin
Writer
Lise Lemay-Rousseau
Languages
French
Studio
Cinévidéo
Cast
Serge Dupire
Florent Boissonneault
Monique Spaziani
Elise Boissonneault
Jean Carmet
Egon Ratablavasky
Julien Guiomar
Aurélien Picquot
Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge
Monsieur Emile
Miguel Fernandes
Slipskin
Paul Berval
Monsieur St-Onge
Pierre Beaudry
Prêtre
Rita Bibeau
Mme. Meloche
Sylvain Boucher
Copain d'Émile
Yvan Canuel
M. Boissoneault
Johanne Fontaine
Loretta Chouinard
Isabel García Lorca
Rosine
Robert Gravel
Policier
Christian Joly
Philippe
Production
Company
Cinévidéo
Company
Société de radio-télévision du Québec
Company
Société Radio-Canada
Company
Initial Groupe
Company
Films A2
Company
RAI
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