''Gerry'' is a 2011

biographical film A biographical film or biopic () is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from docudra ...

shot in Quebec about rock singer

Gerry Boulet Joseph Gaétan Robert Gérald (Gerry) Boulet (March 1, 1946 – July 18, 1990) was a French Canadian rock singer.

(1946-1990) from

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu () is a city in eastern Montérégie in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec, about southeast of Montreal. It is situated on the west bank of the Richelieu River at the northernmost naviga ...

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written by

Nathalie Petrowski Nathalie Petrowski (born 1954) is a French-born Canadian journalist and writer living in Quebec. She was born in Paris, lived in the Lorraine region and came to Canada at the age of five. She attended the Collège International Marie de France an ...

and directed by

Alain DesRochers Alain DesRochers is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. DesRochers studied first at St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu College in the early 1980s and then at Concordia University earning himself a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the end of the decad ...

. The lead role of Boulet was played by Mario Saint-Amand and Jassen Charron played Gerry Boulet in his early days. ''Gerry'' was filmed in Montréal and other places in Québec starting 19 April 2010. The live concert scene where Boulet and his band Offenbach perform in

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required the presence of 3000 spectators. The film was premiered in Boulet's home town Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu on 30 May 2011 and launched on Quebec movie theatres on 15 June 2011.Cinoche: Gerry film page
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Synopsis

Gérald Boulet was in music from an early age. In the end of the 1960s, he founded the rock band Offenbach with his brother Denis. The group saw great success and peaked in the 1970s with the joining of Pierre Harel. After many years, Offenbach disbanded and Boulet started a solo career with great success in Québec. After many years of drug and alcohol abuse, he was diagnosed with colon cancer and died in 1990, at the age of 44.

Cast

* Mario Saint-Amand as

Gerry Boulet Joseph Gaétan Robert Gérald (Gerry) Boulet (March 1, 1946 – July 18, 1990) was a French Canadian rock singer.

*Jassen Charron as Gerry Boulet at 13 years old *Capucine Delaby as Françoise Faraldo *Marc-François Blondin as Johnny Gravel *

Éric Bruneau Éric Bruneau (born April 21, 1983) is a Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these ...

as Pierre Harel *Jonas Tomalty as John McGale *Louis-David Morasse as Denis Boulet *Eugene Brotto as

Breen Leboeuf Chimo! (Inuit for "Hello") was a Canadian jazz-rock/jazz fusion band, founded in 1969. The band played with some of the biggest acts of their era, and recorded one album, ''Cross Country Man'' for Revolver Records. History Chimo! evolved from Ge ...

*Mathieu Lepage as Willie Lamothe *

Madeleine Péloquin Madeleine Péloquin is a Canadian actress from Quebec. She is most noted for her performance in the 2011 film ''For the Love of God (Pour l'amour de Dieu)'', for which she received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Actress at the 14th Jutra Awards ...

as Denise Boulet *Roberto Mei as Wezo *Stéphane Archambault as Alain Simard *Nathalie Cavezzali as director *Hugo Dubé as Doctor Jolivet

References

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* Canadian biographical drama films Canadian musical films Films directed by Alain DesRochers Films shot in Quebec Films set in Quebec French-language Canadian films 2010s Canadian films {{bio-film-stub