1987 (film)
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Directed by | Ricardo Trogi |
Written by | Ricardo Trogi |
Produced by | Nicole Robert |
Starring | Jean-Carl Boucher Sandrine Bisson |
Narrated by | Ricardo Trogi |
Cinematography | Steve Asselin |
Edited by | Yvann Thibaudeau |
Music by | Frédéric Bégin |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Les Films Seville, Entertainment One |
Release date |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
Budget | CA$4.625 million |
1987 is a movie autobiography of the director Ricardo Trogi, it is the sequel of the movie 1981, that came out in 2009. The movie puts emphasis on Trogi's teen years, where he was experiencing with romance life, sexual identity, and family problems. It also shows how life can be as the son of an immigrant. It was said that the movie was a comedy, but with dramatic parts, like the one's with his family.[1]
A third film in the series, 1991, was released in 2018.[2]
Plot
In 1987, 17-year-old Ricardo (Jean-Carl Boucher) is facing the usual teens problems, such has having a crush on a classmate named Sarah despite already having a girlfriend named Marie-Josée and having a car. With his three friends, they spend time doing parties and get drunk. When they fail to enter in a bar after graduation, Ricardo then decides to open a bar for underaged teens.
On his first night of work where he was supposed to have sex with Marie-Josée and lose his virginity, Ricardo breaks a BMW and put the damage and repairs on the restaurant's budget and is immediately fired; an argument with his father cause the latter to start to make wine illegally. One night, Ricardo and his friends find a expensive radio in a car and they steal it to gain money and become thieves. After being able to enter the bar, Ricardo gets unwillingly closer to Sarah.
On his prom day, Ricardo learns that Marie-Josée had an affair with a man in the bar Ricardo always tries to go and they break up; he also learns his project of bar got made in a near region and one of his friends has been admitted to the NHL. To get revenge on Marie-Josée, Ricardo has a date with Sarah who goes awry when Sarah announces her homosexuality and Ricardo finds Dallaire, one of his friends, with Marie-Josée. Trying to talk to Marie-Josée, Ricardo gets drunk with his father's wine and is arrested by the police after the officer finds the stolen radios and Ricardo tries to flee. Thinking Dallaire tricked Ricardo for having a date with Marie-Josée, Ricardo blames Dallaire for the stolen radios.
The next morning, an argument occurs with his parents over Ricardo's activities and his father's illegal business. The argument is interrupted when Ricardo's sister announces Marie-Josée has called. Ricardo then takes a bike and rides during three hours to Trois-Rivières, 136 kilometres (85 mi) to have sex with Marie-Josée.
It is later revealed that the relationship has ended after 3 years and Ricardo never saw Dallaire again.
Cast
- Jean-Carl Boucher : Ricardo Trogi
- Sandrine Bisson : Claudette Trogi
- Claudio Colangelo : Benito Trogi
- Rose Adam : Nadia Trogi
- Laurent-Christophe De Ruelle : Boivin
- Pier-Luc Funk : Dallaire
- Simon Pigeon : Caron
- Éléonore Lamothe : Marie-Josée
- Alyssa Labelle : Sara Delorme
- Jean-Pierre Bergeron : Prime Minister Of Quebec
- Rémi-Pierre Paquin : Manager of the Restaurant
Soundtrack
- "Cum On Feel the Noize" - Performed by Quiet Riot
- "Ce soir l'amour est dans tes yeux" - Performed by Martine St-Clair
- "Forever Young" - Performed by Alphaville
- "Lavender" - Performed by Marillion
- "Space Age Love Song" - Performed by A Flock of Seagulls
- "It's Like That" - Performed by Run-D.M.C.
- "It's a sin" - Performed by Pet Shop Boys
- "Everytime I See Your Picture" - Performed by Luba
- "I canto degli Italiani" - Written by Groffredo Mameli & Michele Novaro
- "The Ride of the Valkyries" - Performed by Wiener Philharmoniker
Reception
The film was met with positive reviews from local Montreal journals.[4]
Release
The film was released in theatres in the summer of 2014 and released on DVD, Blu-ray, and limited edition VHS in December 2014.
References
- ^ "1987". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2018-04-02.
- ^ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Arts -. "Le tournage de 1991 , de Ricardo Trogi, commence jeudi". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2018-04-01.
- ^ 1987 (2014), retrieved 2018-03-30
- ^ Bélanger, Cédric, 1987 fait courir les foules (in Canadian French), retrieved 2018-03-27
External links
- 2014 films
- Quebec films
- Films directed by Ricardo Trogi
- Canadian films
- 2010s French-language films
- Canadian coming-of-age comedy-drama films
- Films set in 1987
- Films set in Quebec City
- Works about Italian-Canadian culture
- 2010s coming-of-age comedy-drama films
- 2014 comedy films
- 2014 drama films
- Quebec film stubs
- 2010s Canadian film stubs