Kalamazoo

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Kalamazoo

1988

1h 23m

3.4(5 votes)

Romance

Fantasy

Overview

A Montreal man imagines a mermaid in place of the writer whose picture appears on a novel.

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11 members

Acting

Rémy Girard

Félix Cotnoir

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Marie Tifo

Helena Mentana

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Tony Nardi

Pascal Globenski

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Gaston Lepage

Wilfrid

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Daniel Brière

Werther

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Jacques Marcotte

Jacques de la Durantaye

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Jean Guilda

Marcel

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Christian Vidosa

Le marin

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Terrence Labrosse

Un major

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Yvon Aucoin

Radio canadienne/téléphone (voice)

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Françoise Cartier

Marcel (voice)

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