1987 (2014) — AI Story Visualization

Plot Analysis Summary

A teenager's pursuit of romance, independence, and adult freedom spirals through failed ambitions, theft, family conflict, and emotional closure.

Story Structure — 6 Plot Phases

Dreams Beyond the Bar

A seventeen-year-old navigates teenage romance, drinking, parties, and rejection at a bar. He responds by imagining a bar of his own, but the bank imposes age and employment barriers.

Key Events

• Teenage Crush and Relationship — A seventeen-year-old faces conflicting feelings for a classmate while already having a girlfriend. Location: School
• Parties with Friends — The teenager attends parties with three friends and gets drunk. Location: Parties
• Rejected Bar Entry — The teenager and his friends fail to enter a bar after graduation. Location: Bar Entrance
• Bar Business Idea — After being denied entry, the teenager decides to open a bar for underage customers. Location: Bar
• Loan Requirements — A bank manager explains that the teenager needs a job and must be eighteen to obtain a loan. Location: Bank

A Job That Collapses

The teenager takes a valet job arranged by his father. A damaged BMW causes his dismissal, intensifies the family conflict, and contributes to his father's illegal wine-making venture.

Key Events

• Restaurant Job Begins — The teenager's father finds him work as a parking valet at the restaurant where he works. Location: Italian restaurant
• BMW Parking Accident — On his first night as a valet, the teenager damages a BMW. Location: Restaurant parking area
• Immediate Dismissal — The repair cost is charged to the restaurant budget, and the teenager is immediately fired. Location: Italian restaurant
• Argument with Father — The firing leads to an argument with the teenager's father. Location: Family home
• Illegal Wine Venture — After the argument, the father begins making wine illegally. Location: Family home

Crime and False Freedom

The teenager and his friends steal car radios and become thieves. He finally enters the bar, where his complicated closeness with a classmate develops.

Key Events

• Radio Theft — The teenager and his friends find an expensive radio in a car and steal it for money. Location: Car
• Becoming Thieves — The theft becomes part of a broader pattern as the group starts acting as thieves. Location: Cars
• Entry into the Bar — The teenager eventually enters the bar he repeatedly tried to visit. Location: Bar
• Growing Closeness — Inside the bar, the teenager unwillingly becomes closer to his classmate. Location: Bar

Prom Day Revelations

Prom brings several disappointments: an affair ends the teenager's relationship, his bar project has been duplicated, and a friend is drafted into the QMJHL. A revenge date produces an unexpected disclosure.

Key Events

• Prom Betrayal Revealed — At prom, the teenager learns that his girlfriend had an affair with a man from the bar. Location: Prom
• Bar Project Replaced — The teenager discovers that his bar idea has already been developed in a nearby region. Location: Nearby region
• Friend Drafted — One of the teenager's friends is drafted into the QMJHL. Location: Prom
• Awkward Revenge Date — Seeking revenge on his former girlfriend, the teenager arranges a date with his classmate, but it goes badly. Location: Date location
• Unexpected Disclosure — During the date, the classmate announces that she is homosexual. Location: Date location
• Dallaire Found Together — The teenager finds Dallaire with his former girlfriend. Characters: Dallaire Location: Former girlfriend's house

Arrest and Reckoning

The teenager finds Dallaire with his former girlfriend, drinks his father's wine, and is arrested when stolen radios are discovered. Family conflict continues before a phone call sends him cycling to Trois-Rivières.

Key Events

• Dallaire Found Together — The teenager finds Dallaire with his former girlfriend. Characters: Dallaire Location: Former girlfriend's house
• Drunken Waiting — Waiting at the house, the teenager becomes drunk on his father's wine. Location: Former girlfriend's house
• Police Arrest — The police find the stolen radios, and the teenager is arrested after trying to flee. Location: Former girlfriend's house
• Blaming Dallaire — The teenager blames Dallaire for the stolen radios, believing Dallaire arranged the date with his former girlfriend. Characters: Dallaire Location: Police custody
• Family Argument Resumes — The next morning, the teenager argues with his parents about his activities and his father's illegal business. Location: Family home
• Unexpected Phone Call — The family argument is interrupted when the teenager's sister announces a call from his former girlfriend. Location: Family home
• Three-Hour Bicycle Ride — The teenager takes a bicycle and cycles three hours to Trois-Rivières. Location: Road to Trois-Rivières

An Ending Without Return

The teenager reaches Trois-Rivières for a final sexual encounter with his former girlfriend. The three-year relationship is over, and he never sees Dallaire again.

Key Events

• Final Sexual Encounter — The teenager travels to Trois-Rivières to have sex with his former girlfriend. Location: Trois-Rivières
• Relationship Ends — The three-year relationship is revealed to have ended, and the teenager never sees Dallaire again. Location: Trois-Rivières

Story Breakdown

• Teenage Entanglements — Romantic uncertainty shapes the teenager's early decisions and emotional expectations.
  • Conflicting Crush — He develops a crush on a classmate while having a girlfriend.
  • Party Culture — He attends parties with friends and gets drunk.
• Bar Ambition — Rejection at a bar inspires an entrepreneurial dream that immediately encounters practical barriers.
  • Denied Entry — The teenager and his friends fail to enter a bar after graduation.
  • Loan Barrier — The bank requires employment and adulthood before approving a loan.
• Workplace Collapse — A short-lived job exposes the teenager's instability and worsens tensions at home.
  • Valet Job — His father finds him work as a parking valet.
  • BMW Damage — He breaks a BMW and is fired immediately.
• Family Transgression — The firing triggers conflict while the father begins an illegal wine-making business.
  • Parental Argument — The teenager argues with his father after losing the job.
  • Illegal Wine — The father starts making wine illegally.
• Descent Into Theft — The teenager and his friends move from youthful partying into criminal behavior.
  • Radio Theft — They steal an expensive radio from a car for money.
  • Criminal Pattern — The group becomes involved in repeated theft.
• Prom Disillusionment — Prom dismantles the teenager's romantic and entrepreneurial expectations.
  • Affair Revealed — He learns that his girlfriend had an affair with a man from the bar.
  • Dream Replaced — He discovers that his bar project already exists nearby.
• Revenge Backfires — The teenager attempts to retaliate emotionally but receives an unexpected disclosure instead.
  • Awkward Date — His revenge date with the classmate goes badly.
  • Unexpected Disclosure — The classmate announces that she is homosexual.
• Dallaire Confrontation — Dallaire becomes connected to the teenager's suspicion and accusation during the crisis.
  • Found Together — The teenager finds Dallaire with his former girlfriend.
  • Accusation — He blames Dallaire for the stolen radios.
• Arrest and Reckoning — Drunkenness, stolen property, and family anger bring the teenager to a personal low point.
  • Police Arrest — The stolen radios are found after the teenager tries to flee.
  • Family Dispute — He argues with his parents about his activities and his father's illegal business.
• Final Separation — A final journey leads to an encounter that confirms the end of a three-year relationship.
  • Bicycle Journey — The teenager cycles three hours to Trois-Rivières.
  • No Return — The relationship is over, and he never sees Dallaire again.

Directed by

Ricardo Trogi

Key Cast

• Jean-Carl Boucher — Ricardo Trogi
• Claudio Colangelo — Benito Trogi
• Sandrine Bisson — Claudette Trogi
• Laurent-Christophe De Ruelle — Boivin
• Pier-Luc Funk — Dallaire