Gerry (2011)

Director
Alain Desrochers

Main cast
Mario Saint-Amand; Capucine Delaby; Marc-François Blondin; Eugene Brotto; Éric Bruneau

Genres
Drama, Romance, Music

Description
Born into a modest family, Gerry Boulet found fame with the Québec rock group Offenbach. After a life of drug and alcohol abuse and a great love story, Gerry died of cancer in 1990.


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