Ovila Légaré

Acting

Ovila Légaré

Born 1901-07-21 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Acting credits

I Confess poster
7.1

When a priest hears a murderer’s confession, he becomes bound by his vow of silence—even as circumstantial evidence turns suspicion toward him. Torn between faith and self-preservation, he faces public scandal and trial for a crime he cannot reveal the truth about.

I Confess

1953

Virgin Lovers poster
3.3

A priest and nun, haunted by physical longings, leave their respective callings. Even after their desires are fulfilled they experience crisis of faith.

Virgin Lovers

1970

Le père Chopin poster
6.5

A widower is struggling to raise his five children, when he finds a rich brother who imagines he will make them happy by unwittingly destroying their modest projects. After many disasters, the uncle will be more understanding and repair his wrongs. A duel to finish: moral values ​​and love against money and selfishness, in the Quebec of the 1940s.

Le père Chopin

1945

The Luck of Ginger Coffey poster
6.8

An out-of-work Irish immigrant in Montreal remains hopeful that his luck is about to change but his disillusioned family grow tired of his constant lying, pigheadedness and instability.

The Luck of Ginger Coffey

1964

The 13th Letter poster
5.7

A new doctor in a quiet Quebec town sparks rumors and accusations when anonymous letters allege an affair with a married woman.

The 13th Letter

1951

Footsteps in the Snow poster
7.0

An overprotective mother (Veronica Lake) goes to great lengths to thwart her daughter's (Meredith MacRae) budding romance.

Footsteps in the Snow

1966

Whispering City poster
4.8

After hearing that a famous actress is dying in a hospital after being hit by a car, a reporter goes to the hospital to interview the actress. She then tells the reporter that her wealthy fiance, who was killed in an accident several years before, was actually murdered. Before long the reporter finds herself in a web of corruption, mental illness and murder.

Whispering City

1947

Le Rossignol et les cloches poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Le Rossignol et les cloches

1952

A Man and His Sin poster
6.8

Filmed in French, this Canadian film was based on a popular Quebec-based radio serial. The man of the title is miserable miser Seraphim (Hector Charland). Misanthropic to the point of insanity, Seraphim takes great pleasure in destroying the lives of everyone with whom he comes in contact. His current target is Alexis (Guy Provost), the ex-lover of Seraphim's long-suffering wife Donalda (Nicole Germain). Taking into consideration its daytime-drama source, it's understandable that Un Homme et Son Peche is plotted and paced like a soap opera. Star Hector Charland had previously spent 10 years portraying Seraphim on radio, so he's got plenty of "mean" at his disposal for this big-screen spin-off.

A Man and His Sin

1949

Et du fils poster
7.0

Set on an ice-encircled island in the St. Lawrence, this is a drama of passion and violence. An old man, attached to his ancestral home and traditions, is confronted by his son, an immature young man who has no time for these values. The outcome is tragic as the father refuses to let his home fall into the hands of outsiders.

Et du fils

1972

Solange in Our Countryside or Very Little for Me, the Sun poster
9.0

In a lonely setting, a teenage girl dreams. She is bored, manifests childish rebellions: her nascent personality rears up and asserts itself. "Be our star," suggests a director of women's pages. What will this flight to the world of work bring to Solange?

Solange in Our Countryside or Very Little for Me, the Sun

1964

Dubois et fils poster
10.0

A health problem causes a business leader to think about what will happen to his company after his death.

Dubois et fils

1961

The Promised Land poster
9.0

Pioneers struggle to establish a town in the harsh unsettled wilderness of northern Quebec during the depression.

The Promised Land

1959

Le curé de village poster
7.0

A convict on the run returns to his native village to see his daughter again, who believes him to be dead. The priest intervenes to avoid a scandal that would reflect on the young girl on the eve of getting married.

Le curé de village

1949

Élisa 5 ou les inquiétudes d'Élisa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Élisa 5 ou les inquiétudes d'Élisa

1972

La douzième heure poster
9.0

After receiving a large inheritance, a young man movies from his family's ancestral grounds to the city and work in a printing house. Shortly after, he discovers that he is not the sole inheritor. The other, a drug addict going by the name of Mister Jean, will try by all means to grab the entire inheritance.

La douzième heure

1966