Fleeing from some other children who want to beat him, Olivier meets the ghost of a Pirate who every hundred years tries to find a parchment. Olivier agrees to help him. But in doing so he is captured by a bunch of pirates. The other children of the village discover a door thru time and space in an old haunted house and decide to rescue Olivier from Captain Monbars' pirates.
Practical Effects
Charming pre-CGI ghost effects and pirate ship production design
Costume
Captain Monbars' genuinely menacing pirate aesthetic
Writing
Surprisingly tight time-travel logic for a kids' film
Director
Roger Cantin
Marc Labrèche
Philippe de Beauchesne
Jessica Barker
Carole Bonin
Maxime Collin
Benoit Painchaud
Steve Gendron
Laurent St-Pierre
Marie-France Monette
Helene Lafleur
Émile Proulx-Cloutier
Oliver
Gabriel Gascon
Captain Monbars
Raymond Cloutier
El Diablo
Annette Garant
Evelyne Monbars
Jean-Pierre Bergeron
Policier Letendre
Alain Gendreau
Policier Ledoux
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
A rare English-subtitled Quebecois family film from the 90s, barely distributed outside Canada despite its ambitious scope.
The pirate ship was a practical set built for the film, not a digital creation—unusual for 1993 family fare.
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