  seducing doctor lewis (french: la grande sÃ©duction) is a 2003 quÃ©bÃ©cois comedy film and the first film directed by jean-franÃ§ois pouliot.hornaday, ann (july 30, 2004). "hook, line and hoodwinkers". washington post (washingtonpost.com). retrieved 03-06-2005. the script was written by ken scott. it won the audience award at 2004 sundance film festival. starring in the movie are raymond bouchard, benoit briÃ¨re, david boutin and lucie laurier. ==plot== the tiny fishing village ste-marie-la-mauderne on the north coast of quebec is in decline. every resident collects welfare. to lure a company into building a plastic container factory nearby, they need to double their population of 120, a resident doctor, and a $50,000 bribe for the company owner. montreal plastic surgeon dr christopher lewis (david boutin) gets pulled over for speeding by an officer originally from ste-marie-la-mauderne. the officer will not arrest him for drug possession, if dr lewis will visit ste-marie-la-mauderne for one month. in a deleted scene, dr lewis sells cocaine to his patients. mayor germain lesage (raymond bouchard) hatches a plan. the entire village will convince dr lewis to stay. they tap his phone, and pretend to share his likes: fishing, cricket, fusion jazz, all the same foods. a local banker leaves small amounts of money for dr lewis to find, and attempts to secure a loan for the bribe. dr lewis likes the beautiful post office worker Ãve beauchemin (lucie laurier), but Ãve knows he has a girlfriend, brigitte, in montreal. the ruse works, but they cannot secure a loan. local banker henri giroux (benoit briÃ¨re) fronts the money from his personal savings, after a bank executive calls him an atm. when the company owner arrives, everyone continues the
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