''1987'' is a 2014 autobiographic movie of the director

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starring

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and Sandrine Bisson as Claudette Trogi. It is the sequel to the movie ''

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'', which came out in 2009. The movie puts emphasis on Trogi's teen years, when he was experiencing family problems and discovering his sexual identity. It also demonstrates the life of second-generation migrants. A third film in the series, ''

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'', was released in 2018.

Plot

In 1987, 17-year-old Ricardo (

) is facing the usual teenage problems, such as having a crush on a classmate named Sarah, despite already having a girlfriend named Marie-Josée, and having a car. With his three friends, he spends time going to parties and getting drunk. When they fail to enter a bar after graduation, Ricardo then decides to open a bar for underaged teens. On his first night of work, when he was supposed to have sex with Marie-Josée and lose his virginity, Ricardo breaks a BMW, putting the damage and repairs on the restaurant's budget, and is immediately fired; an argument with his father causes the latter to start making wine illegally. One night, Ricardo and his friends find an expensive radio in a car and they steal it to gain money and they 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

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. To get revenge on Marie-Josée, Ricardo has a date with Sarah and goes awry when Sarah announces her

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and Ricardo finds Dallaire, one of his friends, with Marie-Josée. Trying to talk to Marie-Josée, Ricardo gets drunk on 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 cycles three hours to

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, to and have sex with Marie-Josée. It is later revealed that the relationship has ended after 3 years and Ricardo never saw Dallaire again.

Cast

Soundtrack

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Reception

The film was met with positive reviews from local

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journals.

Release

The film was released in theaters in the summer of 2014 and released on

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, and limited edition VHS in December 2014.

References

External links

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