La conciergerie
4.5
101 minutes
1/1/1997
Overview
Police detective Jacques Laniel's life becomes a nightmare the day drive-by shootists gun down his partner Thomas Colin. His colleagues make matters worse by blaming him for the death, and after his wife leaves him, Laniel decides to quit the force and launch a private investigation into Colin's murder. Soon afterward, Laniel finds the bullet-riddled body of famed author and literature professor Zachary Osborne tied to his car hood. The professor's wife hires Laniel to solve the murder, but what the detective finds is ugly: Osborne was a part of a lucrative land-speculation deal that involved the sale of a crumbling old rectory that had been turned into a halfway house called the Haven of the Monsters. The name is apt, for all the residents are convicted killers who were given inordinately light sentences. When Lanier starts questioning the Haven's tenants and their crimes are revealed via flashback, it takes on the character of a David Lynch production.
Cast List
Serge Dupire
as Jacques Laniel
Macha Grenon
as Claire Ricard
Jacques Godin
as Thomas Colin
Monique Spaziani
as Maria Colin
Tania Kontoyanni
as Carole Osborne
Jean-René Ouellet
as Zachary Osborne
Michel Forget
as Gustave Blain
Raymond Cloutier
as Antoine Martineau
Paul Dion
as Édouard Rossi
Carl Béchard
as René Tremblay
Maka Kotto
as Jean Marcheur
Dorothée Berryman
as Cécile Sirois
Marie-Claude Lefebvre
as Nathalie Sirois
Isabel Richer
as Estelle Artaud
David La Haye
as Charles Bass
Eric Cabana
as Jean-Marie Tanguay
Lenie Scoffié
as Albertine Courvoisier
Paul Buissonneau
as Rosaire Courvoisier
Caroline Néron
as Sophie Beaulne Mercier
JiCi Lauzon
as Pierre Mercier
Guy Provost
as Juge Michaux
Andrée Champagne
as Mme Juge Michaux
Bianca Gervais
as Virginie Laniel
André Lacoste
as Garagiste
Alberto Del Burgo
as Johnny
Aspasia Benavente
as Mélina
Martin Larocque
as Archiviste
Michael Scherer
as Chauffeur
François Trottier
as Médecin
Paul Savoie
as Docteur Louis Roche
Claude Léveillée
as Maurice St-Cyr
Yvan Benoît
as Curé
Francine Morand
as Directrice de Théâtre
Thierry Langerak
as Collègue Français
Marie-Claude Michaud
as Serveuse dans le bar XXX
Patrick Mathieu
as Carlos Da Costa
Pascal Contamine
as Jeune clochard