''The Alley Cat'' (french: Le Matou) is a 1985

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based on the novel of the same name by

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Plot

Florent (Dupire) and his wife Elise (Spaziani) always had one dream: to own a restaurant. When they meet a strange old man, Egon Ratablavasky (Carmet), their dream becomes a reality, but only to quickly turn into a nightmare when they sadly discover they have been tricked by him and lose everything.

Production

Restaurant scenes were set in and shot at

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Recognition

* 1986 ** Genie Award for Best Music Score - Won -

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- Nominated - Jean Beaudin **

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- Nominated -

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, Paul Dion **

Genie Award for Best Motion Picture The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Motion Picture to the best Canadian film of the year.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishin ...

- Nominated -

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Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role to the best performance by a lead actor in a Canadian film.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years o ...

- Nominated - Serge Dupire **

Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television presents an annual award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role to the best performance by a lead actress in a Canadian film. The award was first presented in 1968 by the Canadian Film Awards ...

- Nominated -

Monique Spaziani Monique Spaziani (born December 16, 1957 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian actress. She is a three-time Genie Award nominee for Best Actress, receiving nominations at the 3rd Genie Awards in 1982 for ''Happy Memories (Les Beaux souvenirs)'', at th ...

Genie Award for Best Screenplay The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television presents one or more annual awards for the Best Screenplay for a Canadian film. Originally presented in 1968 as part of the Canadian Film Awards, from 1980 until 2012 the award continued as part of the Gen ...

- Nominated - Lise Lemay-Rousseau * 1985 **

Montreal World Film Festival The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF; french: le Festival des Films du Monde) was one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF (although the Toronto Internat ...

Jury Prize - Won - Jean Beaudin (Tied with ''

On ne meurt que 2 fois ''He Died with His Eyes Open'' (original title: ''On ne meurt que deux fois'') is a 1985 French erotic neo-noir thriller film directed by Jacques Deray. It was based on the 1984 English-language novel ''He Died with His Eyes Open'' by Derek Raymon ...

'') ** Montreal World Film Festival Most Popular Film - Won - Jean Beaudin

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* * 1985 films Canadian drama films Films based on Canadian novels Films shot in Florida Films shot in Montreal 1980s French-language films Films directed by Jean Beaudin Films set in Montreal Films scored by François Dompierre 1985 drama films French drama films French-language Canadian films 1980s Canadian films 1980s French films {{1980s-Canada-film-stub