Marcel Sabourin
Acting
Biography
Marcel Sabourin (born March 25, 1935) is a Canadian actor and writer from Quebec. He is most noted for his role as Abel Gagné, the central character in Jean Pierre Lefebvre's trilogy of Don't Let It Kill You (Il ne faut pas mourir pour ça), The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died (Le Vieux pays où Rimbaud est mort) and Now or Never (Aujourd'hui ou jamais) and his performance as Professor Mandibule in the children's television series Les Croquignoles and La ribouldingue.
Born: March 25, 1935
Place of Birth: Montréal, Québec, Canada
Known For
Lilies
1952: Bishop Bilodeau visits a prison to hear the confession of Simon, a boyhood friend jailed for murder 40 years ago. However, once there, Bilodeau finds himself forced to watch a play put on by Simon and the other inmates depicting the two men's youths. As the play progresses, the tragic truth of Simon's crime comes to light.
Charlebois à Ducharme
Chef d'orchestre
A musician serving others for 20 years, Joseph Marchand dreams of a first solo album. Unfortunately, he is paralyzed by a heartache that prevents him from composing. Supported by his young and ambitious agent, Ariane, who has temporarily become his roommate, he will try to go through the five stages of grief in order to achieve his goals.
Freefall
Everyone can have a bad day now and then, but we meet Valerie on a morning that divides her life neatly into before and after. It took one inconsequential setback – a silly thing, really – to cause a slight delay in Valerie’s schedule, resulting in a regrettable distraction, causing an unfortunate incident, which leads her to the police station….. making her miss the single most important event she had on her agenda: The Meeting! That’s when the dam breaks. All that control to build the fragile framework of her life collapses instantly. Valerie gets fired, is obliged to restrain her lifestyle, and now with the shared custody of her son in question, Valerie has to review her priorities and reorganize her life.
Those Damned Savages
A meditation on society's attitudes and beliefs, as explored through a New France fur trapper's relationship with a Native woman that spans centuries.
Dirty Money
A robbery at the secluded country home of a wealthy old man goes horribly awry.
Ti-Mine, Bernie pis la gang…
A married man and his family take in his brother, who is coming out from a religious order. They decide to realise the old family dream, migrate to Florida. But it won't be as easy as they think.
Jesus of Montreal
A group of actors putting on an interpretive Passion Play in Montreal begin to experience a meshing of their characters and their private lives as the production takes form against the growing opposition of the Catholic church.
Cordélia
In a little village at the end of the 1890's, a young woman offends all the 'right-thinking' villagers by allowing men in her house in the absence of her husband. When he is found dead, all of the suspicion is directed towards the liberal woman. She is judged more for her morality then for the crime she is accused of. Her culpability is still a subject of debate today.
The Wall
Fermont: A remote mining colony in the endless frozen hell that is Canada's far North. The body of a young exotic dancer is found and the Quebec City police sends one of their toughest, most experienced detectives to investigate. Céline sure is always up for a challenge. Being cooped up in the massive structure that is the colony – the inhabitants simply call it “The Wall” – soon presents her with some challenges that exceed her investigative efforts.
Filmography
as Gérard Picard
as Self
as Self
as Monsieur Sylvestre
as Himself
as Jo Milo
as Léopold Lamothe
as Luc
as Father
as Self
as Barnabé (voice)
as Frère Gabriel
as Self
as Maurice Legault
as Dr. Thévenin
as Daniel Valiquette
as Monsieur Binot
as Morlaix (voice)
as Henri
as Capucin
as Self
as Maurice
as Self
as Dr. Klebs
as Monsieur Trottier
as Claude Longevin
as Monsieur Leclerc
as Maurice Duplessis
as Séverin
as Dr. Paul-Émile Gagnon
as Self
as Monsieur Monceau
as Docteur Patenaude
as Monsieur Provencher
as Abel Gagné
as The Bishop
as Papineau
as Father Lachaise
as Judge Jean Lamberts
as Andre Lacombe
as Marquis d'Abrantes
as Bertrand
as Eccentric
as Homme du train
as François
as Clovis Lavallée
as Georges Poitras, chauffeur
as Sheriff Lapointe
as Joseph-Noël Ritchot
as J. A. Martin
as Ti-Mine
as Actor
as Pervert Doctor
as Pierre Lemoyne
as Le voisin
as Le docteur
as Religious (uncredited)
as Serge Beaudoin
as Ti-Noir L'Esperance
as Richard
as Ernest
as Robert Bessette
as The Visitor
as Steward Jean Talon
as Yvon-T. Turcot
as Narrator
as Professeur Mandibule