Paul Berval

Paul Berval

Born: January 20, 1924
Died: February 25, 2004
in Longueuil, Québec, Canada

Movies for Paul Berval...

Windigo
Title: Windigo
Character: Odilas (Dilas) Paquette
Released: September 16, 1994
Type: Movie
Native Americans clash with the Canadian government as they struggle for independence in this factual Canadian drama set in Quebec during the summer of 1990. Eddie Laroche, a rebellious native leader spawned a national crises when he and his supporters declared the independence of Aki territory in a far-flung area of northern Quebec. He refused to negotiate without the presences of television cameras to record his people's plight. Jean Fontaine was the reporter assigned to the story and much of the film is told from his viewpoint. To reach Laroche's land, negotiators, government officials, and the film crew had to travel by boat. Fontaine is initially cynical and reluctant to do the story, but after he spends time on the boat interviewing it's passengers, his cynicism has dissolves and he realizes he is faced with the presentations of a terribly complex situation. His dilemma provides a main focus for the film.
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Les Tisserands du pouvoir
Title: Les Tisserands du pouvoir
Character: Clemm Tardiff
Released: October 21, 1988
Type: Movie
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The Alley Cat
Title: The Alley Cat
Character: Monsieur St-Onge
Released: August 28, 1985
Type: Movie
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...
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Maria Chapdelaine
Title: Maria Chapdelaine
Character: Ephrem
Released: April 27, 1983
Type: Movie
A young woman, living with her parents and siblings on a remote farm in harsh, picturesque northern Québec, has three suitors: a steady and unimaginative farmer, Eutrope, the Americanized and wealthy Lorenzo, who has sought his fortune in Boston, and François Paradis, a rough and virile logger who captures her heart despite the warnings of her parents and the village priest. For a year, marked by seasonal change in an atmosphere charged with the strangeness of Indians and the demons of the woods, we see Maria at work and prayer, struggling with decisions, choosing to stay in Canada, in love with François, seeking to change his rough behaviors, and dealing with extraordinary loss.
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The Plouffe Family
Title: The Plouffe Family
Character: Onésime Ménard
Released: April 7, 1981
Type: Movie
The lives of the average Quebecois Plouffe family during the final years of the depression and through World War II.
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Hot Dogs
Title: Hot Dogs
Character: Benito Imbroglio
Released: September 26, 1980
Type: Movie
Mr. Clean (Harry Reems) is a police detective who heads a special task force of the vice squad. Clean's by-the-book attitude makes him none too popular with his underlings, so they try to fake a sex scandal that will cause him to be fired from the force.
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Title: Chez Denise
Character: Federico Morelli
Released: February 4, 1979
Type: TV
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C'est jeune et ça sait tout !
Title: C'est jeune et ça sait tout !
Character: Le boucher
Released: October 25, 1974
Type: Movie
When Charles Le Braque learns that his boss' 17 years old daughter is pregnant, he fears that his 16 years old nice Joel from France, who's spending her vacation with them in Canada, might fall into the same trap. So he and his wife decide to give her the lecture of plants and bees... but it turns out that she's already well informed, gives them a lecture about simultaneous orgasms. She inspires the sexually repressed couple to start experimenting with "modern" forms of sex.
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There's Always a Way to Find a Way
Title: There's Always a Way to Find a Way
Released: September 27, 1973
Type: Movie
A bank clerk is driven by his brother-in-law in many adventures.
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The Doves
Title: The Doves
Character: Philippe
Released: September 15, 1972
Type: Movie
The lives of two families in Montreal.
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The Christmas Martian
Title: The Christmas Martian
Character: Uncle Henry
Released: December 1, 1971
Type: Movie
A martian comes to a small town in Quebec and becomes friends with the town children. He gives them candy to get the children into his spacecraft. This alarms the parents but he wins them over and they have a great big Christmas party.
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The Apprentice
Title: The Apprentice
Character: The priest
Released: September 10, 1971
Type: Movie
In Montréal, Jean-Pierre is fired on the set of a TV commercial where he's an apprentice technician. He's penniless, behind on his rent, with a thin resume and no college units. He has a fiancée, Michelle, but his head is turned by a free-spirited model, from the U.S., who saw him being fired and comes to his flat to apologize. She's Elizabeth, a combination of feckless innocence and sexual freedom. Jean-Pierre borrows money from his outlaw friend, Dock, and buys clothes to impress Elizabeth. Soon he's sleeping with her, and he pulls a theft with Dock to get money to take her to Acapulco. Michelle tries to bring him back to her orbit. Is there a way out for Jean-Pierre?
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Master Cats
Title: Master Cats
Character: Le Commandeur
Released: June 9, 1971
Type: Movie
An example of 1970's Maple Syrup cinema from Quebec, this whimsical and sexy tale revolves around two trickster roommates and the women in their lives who want to see them settle down.
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Two Women In Gold
Title: Two Women In Gold
Character: Monsieur Tapis
Released: May 21, 1970
Type: Movie
Two bored Montreal housewives (Monique Mercure & Louise Turcot), with inattentive husbands (Marcel Sabourin & Donald Pilon), and lots of time on their hands, amuse themselves by paying the local tradesmen something extra to give them amorous attention. Their entertainment leads to frantic confusion, however, when one of the visiting gentlemen - shall we say - 'expires'. The housewives deal with their unpleasant situation quite energetically.
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Straight to the Heart
Title: Straight to the Heart
Released: February 1, 1969
Type: Movie
An unemployed man with individualist and pacifist values is inevitably brainwashed by society and the mass media to conform to the dominant ideology and embrace war. His soul is destroyed but his heart cannot be conquered.
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Il était une guerre
Title: Il était une guerre
Character: Camarade de Marcel
Released: January 1, 1959
Type: Movie
We witness the race for marriage of thousands of young people, wanting at all costs to escape conscription, then we are transported to the war factories and we thus witness the difficulties of work in this place. Then it's the Italian campaign in 1943 and, finally, the return to Quebec where readjustment to civilian life proves more difficult than it seems. These events are experienced and told by the voice of a young man.
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Les lumières de ma ville
Title: Les lumières de ma ville
Character: Marcel Genest
Released: October 5, 1950
Type: Movie
A beautiful country girl and a seductive nightclub singer vie for the same good-looking man.
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Le gros Bill
Title: Le gros Bill
Character: Arthur
Released: March 29, 1949
Type: Movie
A tiny Quebec community is thrown into an uproar when a tall young Texan named Bill arrives to claim a farm he has inherited. Bill's inability to speak French, and his apparent unwillingness to learn the language, foments plenty of ill will in the community. The story is resolved with an abundance of warmth and humor, sometimes hokey, sometimes hilarious.