1987 is a 2014 French Canadian film that is a autobiography of the film's director, Ricardo Trogi starring Jean-Carl Boucher as Ricardo Trogi and Sandrine Bisson as Claudette Trogi. It is the sequel to the movie 1981, which came out in 2009. The movie puts emphasis on Trogi's teen years, when he was experiencing family problems and discovering his sexual identity. It also demonstrates the life of second-generation migrants.

Plot

In 1987, 17-year-old Ricardo (Jean-Carl Boucher) faces the usual teenage problems, such as having a crush on a classmate named Sarah despite already having a girlfriend named Marie-Josée and having a car. With his three friends, he goes to parties and gets drunk. When they fail to enter a bar after graduation, Ricardo wants to open one for underage teens. However, when he meets a bank manager for a loan, he discovers that he needs a job and be 18 years old to have a loan. Soon after, his dad finds him a job in the italian restaurant he works at as a parking valet.