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David La Haye
David La Haye (born April 19, 1966) is a Canadian actor. Career He began his career in films in Yves Simoneau's ''Dans le ventre du dragon'' opposite such veteran stars as Rémy Girard and Pierre Curzi. With piercing eyes and an intense physical style, La Haye emerged in the 1990s as one of the most versatile actors on the Quebec scene, winning a Genie Award for best actor in ''L’Enfant d’eau'' playing a mentally handicapped victim of a shipwreck in the South Sea Islands. He was also nominated for his deft comic turn as troubled photographer incapable of making a commitment in ''Soft Shell Man''. Selected filmography *1989: ''In the Belly of the Dragon (Dans le ventre du dragon)'' .... Lou *1991: '' Nelligan'' .... Arthur de Bussières *1992: ''Montréal P.Q.'' (TV Series) .... Edmond Brisebois *1992: ''La Bête de foire'' .... Grégoire *1992: ''La Fenêtre'' .... Young Italian man *1993: ''Blanche'' (TV Series) .... Napoléon Frigon *1993: ''Les Amoureuses'' .... Berna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill around which the early city of Ville-Marie is built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which obtained its name from the same origin as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. As of 2021, the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census Metropolitan Area#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest city, and List of cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Courage To Love
''The Courage to Love'' is a 2000 television history film starring Vanessa L. Williams, who was also the producer. The premiere was held 24 January 2000 on Lifetime. The film also stars Vanessa's children: Jillian Hervey, Melanie Hervey, Devin Hervey, and her brother Chris Williams. Filming began in August 1999 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and was scheduled to last two months. Plot Henriette Delille, a free woman of color, was born in 1813 into one of New Orleans' most prominent families. Her family assumed she would follow her mother and sister's path and become a mistress for a wealthy white man. However, Henriette had different plans for her life. Cast * Vanessa Williams as Mother Henriette Delille * Gil Bellows as Dr. Gerard Gautier * Karen Williams as Julie Gadin * Lisa Bronwyn Moore as Marie Alicot * David La Haye as Father Rousselon * Cynda Williams as Cecelia Delille * Diahann Carroll as Pouponne * Stacy Keach as Jean Baptiste * Kevin Jubinville Kevin Jubinville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluff (2007 Film)
''Bluff'' is a 2007 Canadian comedy film. It was directed, written and produced by Simon Olivier Fecteau and Marc-André Lavoie.Charles-Henri Ramond"Bluff – Film de Marc-André Lavoie et Simon-Olivier Fecteau" ''Films du Québec'', December 28, 2008. The film premiered in August 2007 as the opening film of the Montreal World Film Festival, before going into commercial release in September. Plot Taking place almost entirely within a single apartment, the film opens with a building inspector (Jean-Philippe Pearson) finding a shocking discovery in the basement to a building that is about to be destroyed. He contacts the landlord and, as the pair wait for a police officer (Denis Trudel) to show up, the story of this discovery comes uncovered through vignettes depicting the various tenants of the apartment over the previous 15 years.Brendan Kelly, "Bluff provides new lease on Quebec film life; Indie film shows how it's done with little cash, a simple message and great performances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beautiful Beast
''The Beautiful Beast'' (french: La Belle bête) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Karim Hussain and released in 2006. An adaptation of Marie-Claire Blais's 1959 novel '' Mad Shadows (La Belle bête)'', the film centres on a dysfunctional family headed by single mother Louise (Carole Laure), who has an abusive relationship with her children Patrice (Marc-André Grondin) and Isabelle-Marie (Caroline Dhavernas). The cast also includes David La Haye, Sébastien Huberdeau, Ludivine Reding, Normand Lévesque, Nicolas Girard Deltruc and Richard Tassé. The film premiered on October 11, 2006 at the Sitges Film Festival, before going into general release in Quebec on November 3. Patrick Watson and Dhavernas received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Song at the 27th Genie Awards The 27th Genie Awards were held on February 13, 2007 to honour films released in 2006. The ceremony was located at the Carlu theatre in Toronto. '' The Rocket (Maurice Richard)'' was the most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life With My Father
''Life with My Father'' (french: La Vie avec mon père) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Sébastien Rose and released in 2005. The film stars Raymond Bouchard as François Agira, a successful novelist returning home to Quebec after spending several years living in France to announce that he is terminally ill, forcing his estranged sons Paul (Paul Ahmarani) and Patrick (David La Haye) to make peace with him and each other. The cast also includes Hélène Florent, Julie du Page, Pierre-Antoine Lasnier, Nicolas Canuel, Benoît McGinnis and Christine Beaulieu. The film premiered theatrically in March 2005. The film won the Audience Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. |
Battle Of The Brave
''Battle of the Brave'' (french: Nouvelle-France) is a 2004 historical romance directed by Jean Beaudin, written by Pierre Billon and starring Noémie Godin-Vigneau, David La Haye, Juliette Gosselin, Sébastien Huberdeau, Gérard Depardieu, Bianca Gervais, Irène Jacob, Pierre Lebeau, Vincent Pérez, Isabel Richer, Tim Roth, Jason Isaacs and Colm Meaney. Separate English and French language versions were shot simultaneously. The film cost , making it as of 2004, the most expensive ever made in 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 thirte .... Plot Trapper Francois returns to his hometown to visit his father. Unfortunately his father has just died and Francois is clueless in regards to the business he just inherited. He trusts his father's lawyer will take care of everyth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Head In The Clouds (film)
''Head in the Clouds'' is a 2004 Cinema of Canada, Canadian-Cinema of United Kingdom, British War drama, war drama film written and directed by John Duigan. The original screenplay focuses on the choices young lovers must make as they find themselves surrounded by increasing political unrest in late-1930s Europe. The film was a critical and Box-office bomb, box office failure. Plot In a prologue set in Paris in the year 1924, a young 14-year-old Gilda Bessé, the daughter of a French people, French aristocrat and an emotionally unstable United States, American mother, is reluctantly told by a Fortune-telling, fortune teller that the Chiromancy, life line on her palm doesn't extend past the age of 34. Fast forward to a rainy night in 1933, when Gilda stumbles into the room of Guy Malyon, an Irish people, Irishman who is a first-year scholarship student at Cambridge University. She has had a lover's quarrel with one of the University don, dons, and rather than turn her out into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beginning
The Beginning may refer to: Film and television * "The Beginning" (''Eureka Seven'') * " The Beginning...", an episode of ''Gotham'' * "The Beginning" (''Red Dwarf'') * "The Beginning" (''Samurai Jack'') * "The Beginning" (''The X-Files'') * ''The Beginning'' (2007 film), a 2007 skateboarding film * ''The Beginning'' (TV series), a Chinese TV drama series * ''The Beginning'' (1970 film), a 1970 Soviet film * '' Baahubali: The Beginning'', a 2015 Indian film Music Albums * ''The Beginning'' (The Black Eyed Peas album) * ''The Beginning'' (Broiler album), Norwegian DJ and electronic music duo Broiler * ''The Beginning'' (Brooklyn Bounce album), German dance band Brooklyn Bounce * ''The Beginning'' (EP), a 2004 EP by The Features * ''The Beginning'' (Jandek album), 1999 * ''The Beginning'' (JYJ album), South Korean pop group JYJ * ''The Beginning'' (Kevin Borg album), Maltese pop singer Kevin Borg, 2009 * ''The Beginning'' (Mercyful Fate album), 1987 compilation * ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timeline (2003 Film)
''Timeline'' is a 2003 science fiction adventure film directed by Richard Donner and starring Paul Walker, Frances O'Connor, Gerard Butler, Billy Connolly, David Thewlis, and Anna Friel. Based on Michael Crichton's 1999 novel of the same name, the screenplay concerns a team of present-day archaeology and history students who are sent back in time to medieval France, to rescue their professor from the middle of a battle. Jerry Goldsmith composed the original score, which would have been his last before his death in 2004 (his actual last score was '' Looney Tunes: Back in Action''), but it was replaced with a new score by Brian Tyler, after the first cut was re-edited and Goldsmith's increasing health problems prevented him from continuing. The film was poorly received by critics and bombed at the box office, losing an estimated $49 million. Plot Professor Edward Johnston leads an archaeological study of the village of Castlegard, near LaRoque Castle in Dordogne, France, the site ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tempo (film)
''Tempo'' is a 2003 film directed by Eric Styles and starring Melanie Griffith, Rachael Leigh Cook, and Hugh Dancy. Premise The film is set primarily in Paris and concentrates on a love triangle that gets increasingly complicated as criminal enterprises go wrong. Cast *Melanie Griffith as Sarah James *Rachael Leigh Cook as Jenny Travile *Hugh Dancy as Jack Ganzer *Malcolm McDowell as Walter Shrenger * Art Malik as George Maldonado *David La Haye David La Haye (born April 19, 1966) is a Canadian actor. Career He began his career in films in Yves Simoneau's ''Dans le ventre du dragon'' opposite such veteran stars as Rémy Girard and Pierre Curzi. With piercing eyes and an intense physic ... as Bayliss References External links * * 2003 films Films set in Paris British heist films Canadian heist films French heist films English-language Canadian films English-language French films English-language Luxembourgian films Universal Pictures direct-to-video films 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napoléon (miniseries)
''Napoleon'' is a 2002 historical miniseries which explored the life of Napoleon Bonaparte. It was the most expensive television miniseries in Europe up to that time, costing an equivalent of (USD) $46,330,000 to produce. The miniseries covered Napoleon's military successes and failures, including the battles of Austerlitz, Eylau, and Waterloo and the retreat from Russia. It also delved into Napoleon's personal life: his marriage to and divorce from Josephine de Beauharnais, his marriage to Marie Louise, the Duchess of Parma and daughter of Francis II, and his affairs with Eleanore Denuelle and Marie Walewska. The series draws from Max Gallo's biography. The miniseries was produced by GMT Productions in France and co-produced by Transfilm in Canada and Spice Factory in the UK. In France it first aired October 7, 2002 on France 2, in Quebec it ran from February 2 to February 23, 2003 on Super Écran and was then re-aired on Télévision de Radio-Canada. In the United States, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortier (TV Series)
''Fortier'' is a French-language Canadian television series which debuted on the TVA network in Quebec from February 3, 2000, and ended on April 1, 2004. A subtitled version later aired on the English-language CBC Television network, as part of its now-defunct late-night ''Best of French Canada'' anthology series, then followed by broadcast internationally on TV5 Monde, and later re-showing again for the disability network AMI-tv on July 18, 2017. It was made by Aetios Productions, and the show's creator, writer and producer Fabienne Larouche. Synopsis Anne Fortier (Lorain) is a criminal psychologist from Montréal, who works with the investigators of SAS (Anti-Sociopathic Service), a fictional police division specialising in crimes involving abnormal psychology. Although their sordid crimes include those of a shoe thief and a pyromaniac, most of the cases given a lot of time on the series are ruthless murders, often serial killings. While solving these cases Fortier and her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
