The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (1984)
Ovide Plouffe has married Rita. She still tries to attract other men even after their marriage. Unhappy Ovide feels for Marie - a young French woman he had met. But his catholic background and surrounding can't let him love another woman or divorce from his wife. So Ovide finishes with Marie and plans a trip with Rita hoping for reconciliation. At the last instant he announces to Rita that he can't make the trip. She goes alone. The plane explodes, and Ovide is suspected and arrested for this horrible crime.
- Released
- 1984-08-29
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Denys Arcand
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 from 6 votes
Cast
- Gabriel Arcand as Ovide Plouffe
- Anne Létourneau as Rita Plouffe
- Pierre Curzi as Napoléon Plouffe
- Jean Carmet as Pacifique Berthet
- Serge Dupire as Guillaume Plouffe
- Donald Pilon as Stan Labrie
- Yves Jacques as Bob
- Rémy Girard as Annonceur de la radio
- Dominique Michel as L'agente de voyage
- Ginette Boivin as Maryse
- Louise Laparé as Jeanne Plouffe
- Nathalie Vachon as Arlette Plouffe