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1996 Comedy

L'oreille d'un sourd

A philandering wife and a sleazy womanizing con-man team up to off a troublesome father-in-law in this acid-tinged French Canadian black comedy. Leon, the con-artist makes his living cheating Catholic bingo players by hosting bogus religious pilgrimages. He is involved with a woman, but that doesn't stop him from getting involved with the frustrated Sophie who hates living in a tiny apartment with her lazy husband, her ever-gloomy teenage daughter and her husband's demanding, self-centered father, Emile. Sophie is so desperate to escape and start a new life that she convinces Leon to help her kill Emile who allegedly has $150,000 tucked away. The murder is to occur during one of Leon's pilgrimages. He convinces his son Paolo, an ex-con, to assist. Despite their careful planning, nothing prepares the would-be killers for the surprising result.

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Principal Cast

Marcel Sabourin

Micheline Lanctôt

Paul Hébert

Luc Proulx

Marilys Ducharme

Fabien Dupuis

Julien Poulin

André Montmorency

Thérèse Morange

Réal Desroches

Lise L'Heureux

Sylvie Laliberté

Marc St. Pierre

Marc-André Bélanger

Jean-Guy Moreau