LA GRANDE SEDUCTION (SEDUCING DOCTOR LEWIS) (2003)
- Run Time: 109 min.
- Rating: PG
- Director: Jean-Francois Pouliot
- Writer(s): Ken Scott
- Producer(s): Roger Frappier & Luc Vandal
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Plot Summary
In this amiable comedy, the villagers of St. Marie-La- Mauderne in northern Quebec set out to seduce a Montreal doctor into becoming a local. Their once prosperous fishing business has run dry and only the promise of a new plastics factory coming to town can keep the quaint and lively community intact. So the boisterous and resourceful Mayor (Bouchard) sets out to keep Dr. Christopher Lewis (Boutin) in the village because the new factory requires a resident doctor to be on hand. Dr. Lewis, whose stay in the village was caused by a speeding ticket, is a man of eccentric tastes. He loves cricket, beef stroganoff and women in open toed sandals. The villagers set out to create a community that mirrors the habits and loves of the good Doctor. Will they succeed? “This beguiling and sophisticated debut feature proves that with pluck and imagination anything can be made irresistible.”—New Directors/New Directions catalogue, Lincoln Centre, New York. Audience Award Winner, Sundance Film Festival 2004.
About the Director
Jean-Francois Pouliot
Montreal director Jean-Francis Pouliot started his career as an assistant cameraman on such films as Once upon a Time in America and Hotel New Hampshire. He co-wrote and co-directed five short animated films for the National Film Board of Canada. After directing more than 500 commercials he decided to direct Seducing Doctor Lewis after reading Ken Scott’s screenplay. Most recently, Pouliot directed 2008’s Facing Champlain: A Work in 3 Dimensions.