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Louis the 19th, King of the Airwaves (1994)
Louis Jobin is an ordinary young man from Montreal who sells televisions at an electronics store. He wins a contest sponsored by the local cable company in which the first prize is that he'll be followed non-stop by a camera crew, with the footage broadcast live on Channel 19. Unfortunately, his ordinary life is so ordinary, despite the best efforts of his starstruck mother, that the producers attempt to spice things up behind his back.
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Louis Jobin is an ordinary young man from Montreal who sells televisions at an electronics store. He wins a contest sponsored by the local cable company in which the first prize is that he'll be followed non-stop by a camera crew, with the footage broadcast live on Channel 19. Unfortunately, his ordinary life is so ordinary, despite the best efforts of his starstruck mother, that the producers attempt to spice things up behind his back.
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Genre:Comedy
Written By:Michel Poulette, Émile Gaudreault, Sylvie-Katherine Bouchard, Michel Michaud
In Theaters:4/1/1994
Box Office:$1,800,000
Runtime:95 minutes
Studio:Malofilm Productions Inc.
Cast
Michel Poulette
Director
Martin Drainville
Louis Jobin
Agathe de La Fontaine
Julie Leduc
Dominique Michel
Aline Jobin
Chantal Fontaine
Reporter
Gilbert Lachance
Remi
Patricia Tulasne
Charlotte Dubreuil
Yves Jacques
Michel Gobeil
Claude Gagnon
Normand Lévesque
Fonctionnaire fumeur
Joël Legendre
Cameraman-zélé
Jean L'Italien
Roger
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