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Benoît Brière
Benoît Brière (born June 20, 1965) is a Canadian actor from Quebec.Patricia Belzil"Benoît Brière" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', October 23, 2008. He is most noted for his performance in the film '' Seducing Doctor Lewis (La Grande séduction)'', for which he was a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 24th Genie Awards and a Jutra Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 6th Jutra Awards.Odile Tremblay"Les Invasions barbares, La Grande Séduction et Gaz Bar Blues dominent la course aux Jutra" ''Le Devoir'', January 22, 2004. Born and raised in Longueuil, Quebec, he graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada in 1991. He has appeared on stage in productions of ''The Mistress of the Inn'', ''The Barber of Seville'', ''Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' and ''Dom Juan'', winning Masques Awards from Quebec's Académie québécoise du théâtre for ''The Mistress of the Inn'' and ''Dom Juan''. He first became famous in Quebec for appearing in a series of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the largest province by area and the second-largest by population. Much of the population lives in urban areas along the St. Lawrence River, between the most populous city, Montreal, and the provincial capital, Quebec City. Quebec is the home of the Québécois nation. Located in Central Canada, the province shares land borders with Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast, and a coastal border with Nunavut; in the south it borders Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York in the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, Quebec was called ''Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, Quebec b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bell Canada
Bell Canada (commonly referred to as Bell) is a Canadian telecommunications company headquartered at 1 Carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell in the borough of Verdun in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is an ILEC (incumbent local exchange carrier) in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec; as such, it was a founding member of the Stentor Alliance. It is also a CLEC (competitive local exchange carrier) for enterprise customers in the western provinces. Its subsidiary Bell Aliant provides services in the Atlantic provinces. It provides mobile service through its Bell Mobility (including flanker brand Virgin Mobile Canada) subsidiary, and television through its Bell Satellite TV (direct broadcast satellite) and Bell Fibe TV (IPTV) subsidiaries. Bell Canada's principal competitors are Rogers Communications in Ontario, Telus and Shaw Communications in Western Canada, and Quebecor ( Videotron) and Telus in Quebec. The company serves over 13 million phone lines and is headquartered at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April And The Extraordinary World
''April and the Extraordinary World'' (french: Avril et le Monde truqué, lit=April and the Deceptive World) is a 2015 animated alternate history film co-directed by Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci, co-written by Ekinci and Benjamin Legrand, and starring Marion Cotillard. Set in a dystopian steampunk world, the plot concerns a young scientist continuing her great grandfather's research and attempting to find her family, who have disappeared. Plot The film takes place in a world where Napoleon III was killed in a building explosion and the Franco-Prussian War was averted by his son's shrewd diplomacy. Over the next 70 years, the world's scientists disappear one by one, causing technological progress to grind to a halt and pollution to spiral out of control. In 1941, April Franklin, great-granddaughter of scientist Gustave Franklin, continues her family's work on a serum for ever-lasting life. So far, their only success has been April's pet cat Darwin, who has gained the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter And Tandoori
''Walter and Tandoori'', also known as ''Walter'' or ''Walter's World'', is an animated children's series produced by Image Entertainment Corporation. The series centres on Walter, an inventor and fix-it specialist, and his friend Tandoori, a hyperactive chicken, who live together in the village of Trois-Montagnes (in the French version) or Hart's Landing (in the English version), and embark on various adventures designed to teach children about the environment and ecology. Production Created by Sylvain Viau for Image Entertainment Corporation, the series first aired on TV5 Québec Canada under the ''Walter'' title in 2005."Quand l'image vaut mille mots" ''Sommets'' ( |
A Sense Of Humour
''A Sense of Humour'' (french: Le Sens de l'humour) is a Canadian crime comedy film, directed by Émile Gaudreault and released in 2011.Charles-Henri Ramond"Sens de l’humour, Le – Film d’Émile Gaudreault" ''Films du Québec'', June 17, 2011. The film stars Louis-José Houde and Benoît Brière as Luc Dubé and Marco Fortier, two stand-up comedians who are kidnapped by Roger Gendron ( Michel Côté) after making fun of him in a comedy show, and must protect themselves from his revenge by teaching him the art of comedy. The cast also includes Anne Dorval, Sonia Vachon, Pierrette Robitaille, Alexandre Goyette and Pierre Collin. The film opened in theatres in July 2011. The film received four Jutra Award nominations at the 14th Jutra Awards The 14th Jutra Awards were held on March 11, 2012 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2011. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Child Prodigy
''The Child Prodigy'' (french: L'Enfant prodige) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Luc Dionne and released in 2010. A biographical drama about classical pianist André Mathieu, the film stars Guillaume Lebon as Mathieu in childhood and Patrick Drolet as Mathieu in adulthood. Its cast also includes Marc Labrèche as his father Rodolphe Mathieu, Macha Grenon as his mother Mimi Gagnon Mathieu and Karine Vanasse as his sister Camillette, as well as Lothaire Bluteau, François Papineau, Isabel Richer, Catherine Trudeau, Albert Millaire, Benoît Brière and Mitsou Gélinas in supporting roles. The film received two Jutra Award nominations at the 13th Jutra Awards in 2011, for Best Art Direction ( Michel Proulx) and Best Costume Design (Francesca Chamberland Francesca Chamberland is a Canadian costume designer. She began her career working in the wardrobe department on films including ''Some Girls'' (1988) and '' In Love and War'' (1996), eventually becoming wardrobe mast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Days Of Darkness (2007 Canadian Film)
''Days of Darkness'' (french: L'Âge des ténèbres), also known as ''The Age of Ignorance'', is a 2007 black comedy-drama film written and directed by Denys Arcand and starring Marc Labrèche, Diane Kruger and Sylvie Léonard. Presented as the third part of Arcand's loose trilogy also consisting of ''The Decline of the American Empire'' (1986) and ''The Barbarian Invasions'' (2003), it was followed by a fourth film with similar themes, ''The Fall of the American Empire'' (2018). The film follows a depressed québecois bureaucrat who, feeling insignificant, retreats into a fantasy world. The film was screened out of competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. It was nominated for four Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture, and was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Plot Jean-Marc Leblanc is a bureaucrat and a once passionate supporter of the Quebec sovereignty movement. His wife, Sylvie, and daughters are no longer interested in him. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audition (2005 Film)
''Audition'' (french: L'Audition) is a 2005 Canadian comedy-drama film."Audition, L’ – Film de Luc Picard" ''Films du Québec'', January 1, 2009. Written and directed by , the film stars Picard as Louis, an unhappy middle-aged repo man who decides to pursue his long-abandoned dream of becoming an actor."Review: ‘L’audition’" '' |
Heart Of Stone
Heart of stone or Heart of Stone may refer to: Film and television * ''Heart of Stone'' (1924 film), a German silent film * ''Heart of Stone'' (1950 film), an East German film * ''Heart of Stone'' (2009 film), an American documentary * Heart of Stone (2023 film), an American spy film * "Heart of Stone" (''Mysticons''), a television episode * "Heart of Stone" (''Once Upon a Time in Wonderland''), a television episode * "Heart of Stone" (''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''), a television episode Music Albums * ''Heart of Stone'' (Cher album) or the title cover of the Bucks Fizz song (see below), 1989 * ''Heart of Stone'' (Chris Knight album) or the title song, 2008 Songs * "Heart of Stone" (Bucks Fizz song), 1988; covered by Cher, 1990 * "Heart of Stone" (Rolling Stones song), 1964 * "Heart of Stone" (Suzi Quatro song), 1982 * "Heart of Stone" (Taylor Dayne song), 1990 * " (Wish I Had A) Heart of Stone", by Baillie & the Boys, 1989 * "Heart of Stone", by Andreas Kümm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Station (film)
''North Station'' (french: Station Nord) is a Canadian children's comedy film, directed by Jean-Claude Lord and released in 2002.Charles-Henri Ramond"Station Nord – Film de Jean-Claude Lord" ''Films du Québec'', June 11, 2009. The film is set in the town of North Station, where children's letters to Santa Claus (Benoît Brière) were delivered for many years and answered by a local family; after the death of his grandfather, Samuel (Xavier Morin-Lefort) and his girlfriend Évelyne (Roxanne Gaudette-Loiseau) decide to carry on the tradition, but Samuel goes missing and is presumed dead after trying to deliver the letters in a snowstorm, when in fact he has been saved and taken to Santa's workshop at the North Pole. When a letter arrives fifty years later from Satia, the granddaughter of Évelyne (Renée Claude), requesting Santa's help in curing Évelyne of cancer, Samuel becomes motivated to go out to reunite with his lost love. The cast also includes Lansana Kourouma, Catheri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Baroness And The Pig
''The Baroness and the Pig'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Michael Mackenzie and released in 2002. Based on Mackenzie's own stage play, the film stars Patricia Clarkson as The Baroness, a Quaker woman from Philadelphia who moves to Paris with her husband, The Baron (Colm Feore) in the 1880s; however, her egalitarian ideals conflict with the elitism of Parisian society, particularly when she launches a plan to rehabilitate and bring into society a wild girl (Caroline Dhavernas) who was raised in a pig sty, leading The Duchess (Louise Marleau) to attempt to engineer The Baroness's downfall.Liam Lacey"The Baroness and the Pig" ''The Globe and Mail'', August 13, 2004. The film premiered on September 8, 2002 at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival.Mark Dillon"The Baroness and the Pig’s all-digital model" '' Playback'', September 16, 2002. It was screened under an experimental model, by which instead of a traditional film print being projected in a standard manner, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stardom
''Stardom'' is a 2000 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Denys Arcand and written by J.Jacob Potashnik and Arcand. It stars Jessica Paré and Dan Aykroyd. It tells the story of a young girl who tries to cope with her rise to stardom after being discovered by a fashion agency. The film was screened out of competition at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. Arcand cited his later film '' Days of Darkness'' (2007) as similar to ''Stardom'', though ''Days of Darkness'' was ostensibly a sequel to his other films ''The Decline of the American Empire'' (1986) and ''The Barbarian Invasions ''The Barbarian Invasions'' (french: Les Invasions barbares) is a 2003 Canadian-French sex comedy-drama film written and directed by Denys Arcand and starring Rémy Girard, Stéphane Rousseau and Marie-Josée Croze. The film is a sequel to Arca ...'' (2003). Cast References External links * * Denys Arcand's Stardom: media mania and the beauty of beauty 2000 films English-language Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
