Guillaume Cyr

Acting

Guillaume Cyr

Born 1982-02-27 · Sainte-Marie, Québec, Canada

Guillaume Cyr is a Canadian actor from Quebec. He is most noted for his performance as Horace Barré in the 2013 film Louis Cyr, for which he won the Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014.

Acting credits

Laurentia poster
4.2

A young quebecer descends into alienation and depression.

Laurentia

2011

The Danger in Front poster
NR

While observing life outside his shop, a barber thinks he sees someone who is after his life and his family. Confronted with imminent danger, the barber decides to react.

The Danger in Front

2020

Sisters and Neighbors! poster
6.3

The story of Germaine Lauzon, a housewife who wins a million stamps which, she believes, will allow her access to happiness and a new world that she has dreamed of for so long. But her joy will make some people jealous...

Sisters and Neighbors!

2024

You Will Be Free poster
3.0

Afghanistan, Spring 2002 — Following the fall of the taliban regime, the country faces extreme poverty. To feed his family, a father is forced to sell his 15-year-old daughter to a 65-year-old man. Refusing to accept this fate for her child, the mother, determined to give her a brighter future, arranges a marriage with a man living in Montreal. In return, she makes a solemn promise: the children born of this union will one day marry their cousins remaining in Afghanistan. Montreal, Spring 2020 — The pact resurfaces. Now well integrated into Quebec society, Zarmina refuses to let her 15-year-old daughter marry her cousin in Afghanistan. Her firm opposition triggers a tragic chain of events.

You Will Be Free

2026

The Decline poster
6.1

Anticipating a disaster, Antoine, a father, attends a survivalist training given by Alain in his autonomous hideout. In fear of a natural, economic or social crisis, the group trains to face the different possible apocalyptic scenarios. But the disaster they will experience will not be the one they predicted.

The Decline

2020

Underground poster
6.8

Maxime is a young Valdorian who works in a gold mine. As he experiences several difficulties as he goes through life, he will question his definition of masculinity. It's with the help of the tightly knit brotherhood of colleagues in the mine that he will find the necessary support to overcome a feeling of stubborn guilt which prevents him from achieving happiness. Until the day an explosion breaks out underground. As part of the rescue mission, Maxime descends into the mine lair with the firm intention of bringing each of his colleagues back to the surface alive.

Underground

2021

The Mirror poster
8.5

Jean has not spoken to his mother for 5 years. However, she has just committed suicide and he has to return to Belgium to settle his estate. While she bequeaths him an antique mirror of great monetary and sentimental value, he will have to deal with his mother's very young husband, Fabrice, and his mother, who are hindering his efforts to get it back. Through this quest for the mirror, Jean will have to free himself from a past that haunts him by making peace with what his mother left him.

The Mirror

2021

Those Happy Days poster
7.4

Set in 1992, a manager Vincent has to run a children's holiday camp for three weeks and to face the unexpected concerning the place, his colleagues, various problems linked to children about the rooms, trips, their belongings...

Those Happy Days

2006

Our Own poster
6.4

Faced with the trials and obstacles of life, the tight-knit community of Ste-Adeline has always remained united. But this time it's in shock and will have to face a situation that will confront the inhabitants with their contradictions. At the center of the scandal, Magalie, a teenager with a childish pout, Manuel, the adopted child of the village's emblematic mayor, and Isabelle and Chantale, protective mothers but powerless witnesses to a predicted tragedy. In Ste-Adeline, appearances are deceptive and the layers of a carefully maintained social veneer end up cracking, revealing the true nature of the inhabitants of this peaceful little town.

Our Own

2020

Arsenault and Fils poster
6.5

The Arsenaults, a close-knit family who profit from illegal hunting, have ruled the roost for several generations in Témiscouata, Quebec. The return to the fold of Anthony, the impetuous youngest of the family, then the arrival of Émilie, a radio host who exercises an ascendancy over Anthony and his older brother Adam, will come to test the harmony of the clan.

Arsenault and Fils

2022

Louis Cyr: The Strongest Man in the World poster
6.8

Biopic of Louis Cyr, strongest man in the world at the end of the 19th Century.

Louis Cyr: The Strongest Man in the World

2013

Heat Wave poster
4.8

After the death of her unfaithful husband, Gisele, a social worker of 52 years, falls madly in love with Yannick, one of her former customers and kleptomaniac addict. She tries to repress her feelings, but the attraction she has for this 19 year old boy is beyond comprehension. Her sister, her boss and two children will each turn, disrupt her secret meetings with her young lover.

Heat Wave

2009

Babine poster
6.4

The adventures of Babine, the son of a witch and a village pariah, as he ventures forth into the world and narrowly evades death.

Babine

2008

Fatal poster
6.0

Fatal... short for Fatal Bazooka, a hardcore bling-bling rapper. A huge music star. Millions of fans, tons of hits, 4 Artist Of The Year Music Awards of Music, a fashion line, a magazine, and soon his own amusement park: Fataland. He is the undisputed number one, until...

Fatal

2010

The New Life of Paul Sneijder poster
6.0

Following a rare accident, Paul Sneijder opened his eyes to the reality of his life as a "senior manager" in Montreal: his work no longer interested him, his wife annoyed him and deceived him, his two sons despised him ... How can we continue to live under these conditions? Starting with a change of profession: dog walker for example! Will his relatives accept this change that will turn him into a free man?

The New Life of Paul Sneijder

2016

Château en Suède poster
NR

In a castle, isolated in the heart of winter, lives a strange family: Hugo, in his forties; Eléonore, his wife; Aunt Agathe, Hugo's sister, an old maid attached to traditions; Sébastien, Eléonore's brother, to whom he is devoted with a troubled affection. Frédéric, a young student, is welcomed by the family and stays at the castle for a while to research a family ancestor. A complex game of manipulation then begins, orchestrated by all the family members, during which Frédéric finds love, at the risk of his life...

Château en Suède

2008

The Time Thief poster
6.9

In 1988, in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, an 11-years-old boy is worried for his grandmother's life. Worn out by illness, the old storyteller tries to convince her grandson that Death no longer exists. Her story will bring back to life the extraordinary people from the village in 1927 who, by using rocambolesque tricks, will eliminate Death that threatens them. From now on, Death will coincide with the birth of legends.

The Time Thief

2021

Lucy Grizzli Sophie poster
6.4

Sophie is a hunted, traumatized woman. Seeking to escape her reality, she lands in an Airbnb hundreds of miles from her home. She is welcomed there by Martin, who occupies the premises with his aunt, Louise. Over the course of drunken evenings, tongues loosen and a disturbing complicity emerges between the man and the traveler... What if Sophie's presence in this remote bled was not so fortuitous?

Lucy Grizzli Sophie

2024

A Montreal Girl poster
NR

Ariane lives in the same rented apartment she lived in as a student. She loves her neighborhood, its residents and shop owners. One day, she receives notice from her landlord that she has to leave. Total shock! She has six months. Her Parisian girlfriend follows the sad story at a distance while her friends, Mireille, Charles and Louise, rally to help her sort her things. Meanwhile, rents in the area have skyrocketed in this highly sought-after neighborhood. What to do? She must resolve to look farther afield.

A Montreal Girl

2010

Goodbye Happiness poster
6.2

To commemorate the passing of their beloved father, four brothers very much at odds congregate for one final week at their summer house in the Magdalen Islands. As they bid their final goodbyes, the four brothers revisit their past joys and hardships as each one of them struggles to give meaning to their very different lives.

Goodbye Happiness

2021

Miraculum poster
4.9

Sometimes, we're just waiting for a miracle. A nurse who is a Jehovah's Witness, grows fond of the miracle survivor of a plane crash. Two sexagenarians, a bartender and a parking lot attendant want to explore their forbidden passions. A conservative, well-off couple drown their disappointments in booze and gambling. And a man does his utmost to make amends for an irredeemable action, bringing us to a plane bound for Cuba. An ensemble film where every character affects the lives of others.

Miraculum

2014

Caido poster
NR

A depressed rock star, maimed in an accident, is encouraged by his manager to start a new worldwide trend.

Caido

2009

One night with you poster
NR

Since childhood, Samuel has always been fat. However, at age 23, his fantasies, like all man his age, turned to the pretty, thin girls. Faced with the indifference of his inaccessible desires, he try to fall back on Emily, a young woman in the same situation he is.

One night with you

Aurélie Laflamme's Diary poster
5.5

Aurelie Laflamme feels alone in the world, especially since her father's death five years ago. What if her father had been an alien who left Earth to return to his own planet? In that case, Aurelie would be an alien too. That would explain many things such as why she feels different from others, especially her mother, why she can't string two words together without making a mistake, and why boys really get on her nerves. Through the pages of her diary, Aurelie confides her joys and sorrows, successes and failures, love and friendships, and tries to find her place.

Aurélie Laflamme's Diary

2010

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