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François Protat
François Protat (1945 - January 18, 2019) was a Canadian cinematographer, who won the Genie Award for Best Cinematography at the 7th Genie Awards in 1986 for ''Joshua Then and Now''.Wyndham Wise, ''Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film''. University of Toronto Press, 2001. . Born in France, he emigrated to Canada in 1969 after studying at the École de photographie de la rue de Vaugirard. He was also a Genie Award nominee at the 2nd Genie Awards in 1981 for '' Fantastica'', at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985 for ''The Crime of Ovide Plouffe'', and at the 15th Genie Awards in 1994 for ''Kabloonak''."Genie Award nominations". ''Toronto Star'', October 20, 1994. He was married to Marie-Angèle Breitner, a hairstylist and make-up artist who also worked in film. His death was reported on January 22, 2019. Selected filmography *'' Bingo'' - 1974 *''Orders (Les Ordres)'' - 1974 *'' Normande (La tête de Normande St-Onge)'' - 1975 *''The Angel and the Woman (L'Ange et la femme) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hot Touch
''The Hot Touch'' (also credited as ''Hot Touch'') is a 1981 Canadian crime comedy film directed by Roger Vadim. This caper film is set in the world of art forgery. An accomplished art forger and a businessman have for many years been successful in a company which authenticates paintings before they are auctioned. They are discovered by an art dealer and blackmailed into forging paintings which disappeared in the Second World War. Procedural detail around the act of forgery is exploited for high-rolling glamour. ''The Hot Touch'' was the final film appearance of veteran Academy Award-winning actor Melvyn Douglas. Cast *Wayne Rogers as Danny Fairchild *Marie-France Pisier as Dr. Simpson *Lloyd Bochner as Severo *Samantha Eggar as Samantha O'Brien * Patrick Macnee as Vincent Reyblack *Melvyn Douglas Melvyn Douglas (born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg, April 5, 1901 – August 4, 1981) was an American actor. Douglas came to prominence in the 1930s as a suave leading man, perhap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulips (film)
''Tulips'' is a 1981 Canadian-American comedy-drama film starring Gabe Kaplan and Bernadette Peters. The director was officially credited as "Stan Ferris", but the film was actually directed by Rex Bromfield, Mark Warren and Al Waxman. Plot Leland Irving (Gabe Kaplan) is depressed and lonely but his attempts at suicide are unsuccessful. He hires a professional hit man, Maurice Avocado (Henry Gibson) to kill him; Avocado will use the code word "Tulips" when the time is at hand. While awaiting his fate, Leland comes across a woman—Rutanya Wallace (Bernadette Peters)--who is attempting suicide, and saves her. Rutanya is suffering from being rejected by a lover, but is charmingly unconventional and outgoing, the opposite of Leland's introvert. Their lives become intertwined, and although wary and battling initially, they fall in love and marry. However, now that they have found each other, they must call off the hit by Avocado, and complications arise. When Avocado will not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heartbreak High (film)
''Heartbreak High'', also known as ''The Kinky Coaches And The Pom Pom Pussycats'', is a 1981 American and Canadian comedy film directed by Mark Warren. The music was composed by Richard Cooper. The film stars John Vernon, Norman Fell, Robert Forster, Thom Haverstock, Terry Swiednicki and Keith Brown in the lead roles. Cast * John Vernon * Norman Fell * Robert Forster * Thom Haverstock * Terry Swiednicki * Keith Brown * Christine Cattell * Lisa Schwartz * Paul Backewich * Anthony Sherwood * Matt Birman * Katherine Trowell References External links * 1981 films American comedy films Canadian comedy films English-language Canadian films 1981 comedy films Films shot in Montreal 1980s English-language films 1980s American films 1980s Canadian films {{1980s-US-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Plouffe Family (film)
''The Plouffe Family'' (french: Les Plouffe) is a 1981 Canadian drama film, based on Roger Lemelin's novel about the titular Plouffe family, set during World War II. ''Films du Québec'', March 9, 2009. The film was Canada's submission to the in 1981, but was not shortlisted as a nominee for the award. See also * '''' television series aired in the 1950s * '' |
Heartbreak (1979 Film)
''Heartbreak'' (french: L'arrache-cœur) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Mireille Dansereau and released in 1979."Films look at slices of two kinds of life". ''The Globe and Mail'', September 13, 1979. The film stars Louise Marleau as Céline, a woman navigating complicated relationships with her husband Michel (Michel Mondie) and her mother Françoise (Françoise Faucher). The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival, where Marleau won the award for Best Actress. The film received three Genie Award nominations at the 1st Genie Awards in 1980, for Best Actress (Marleau), Best Screenplay (Dansereau) and Best Editing (Marcel Pothier)."Changeling leads Canadian Film Award nominees". ''The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...'', February 8, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bye, See You Monday
''Bye, See You Monday'' (french: Au revoir... à lundi) is a 1979 French-Canadian drama film directed by Maurice Dugowson. It was entered into the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. Plot A French film based on a Canadian novel (by Roger Fournier) about two Montreal women (Carole Laure and Miou-Miou Sylvette Herry (born 22 February 1950), known professionally as Miou-Miou (), is a French actress. A ten-time César Award nominee, she won the César Award for Best Actress for the 1979 film ''Memoirs of a French Whore''. Her other films inclu ...) in their late twenties who share an apartment and are involved in separate love affairs with married men. Their few pleasures are diminished by the disappointments they must suffer in these unequal relationships. Cast References External links * 1979 films 1979 drama films Canadian drama films French drama films 1970s French-language films Films directed by Maurice Dugowson French-language Canadian films 1970s Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chocolate Eclair (film)
''Chocolate Eclair'' (french: Éclair au chocolat) is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, directed by Jean-Claude Lord and released in 1979."Eclair au chocolat – Film de Jean-Claude Lord" ''Films du Québec'', January 15, 2009. The film centres on Pierre (Jean Belzil-Gascon), a young boy struggling to accept that his single mother Marie-Louise () has begun a new relationship after the death of his father. What he does not know is that his mother has lied to protect him: his real father is not dead, but in fact he is the offspring of Marie-Louise having been |
Tomorrow Never Comes
''Tomorrow Never Comes'' is a 1978 British-Canadian crime film directed by Peter Collinson and starring Oliver Reed and Susan George. Plot Coming back from an extended business trip, Frank (Stephen McHattie) discovers that his girlfriend Janie ( Susan George) is now working at a new resort hotel where the owner has given her a permanent place to stay, as well as other gifts, in exchange for her affections. In the course of fighting over this development, tensions between Frank and Janie escalate out of control until he is holding her hostage in a standoff with the police. As the negotiators (Oliver Reed, Paul Koslo) try to talk Frank into giving himself up, the desperate man feels himself being pushed further and further into a corner. Cast *Oliver Reed as Jim Wilson * Susan George as Janie *Raymond Burr as Burke *John Ireland as Captain *Stephen McHattie as Frank *Donald Pleasence as Dr. Todd *Paul Koslo as Willy * John Osborne as Robert L. Lyne *Cec Linder as Milton *Richa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Two-Two Meets The Hooded Fang (1978 Film)
''Jacob Two-Two Meets The Hooded Fang'' is a 1978 film adaptation of Mordecai Richler's children's novel by the same name. He was a father of five children, with the youngest, Jacob, inspiring his character Jacob Two-Two. The main character is Jacob Two-Two, a young boy who has a habit of repeating himself in order to be heard by those around him."Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang." Canuxploitation. Accessed March 17, 2018. http://www.canuxploitation.com/review/jacob.html. Significance Although the original novel began "as a tale told to his youngest son", it is now considered to be a Canadian classic, and inspired future film and television adaptions. A 1999 adaptation of the source material and the popular television series '' Jacob Two-Two'', which aired from 2003 to 2006, followed. Synopsis This humorous children's story recounts the adventure of a young boy who strives to be heard. As ''Toronto Globe and Mail'' writer James Bradshaw writes, Jacob Two-Two is "two plus two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Angel And The Woman
''The Angel and the Woman'' (french: L'Ange et la femme) is a 1977 Canadian fantasy romance film directed by Gilles Carle and starring Carole Laure, Lewis Furey, and Stephen Lack. The film follows a woman who, after being brutally shot, dies in the snow and is resurrected by an angel who falls in love with her and eventually teaches her how to incinerate objects with her mind. The film is shot entirely in black-and-white and gained some controversy due to its explicit unsimulated sex scenes between the two leads. Cast Production This film contains non-simulated sexual acts (vaginal penetration, fellatio and ejaculation) between the two main actors, Carole Laure and Lewis Furey Lewis Furey, born Lewis Greenblatt (born 7 June 1949) is a Canadian composer, singer, violinist, pianist, actor and director. Career Born in Montreal, Quebec to French and American parents, Furey trained as a classical violinist, and at age 11 .... It is a fact that at the beginning of filming Laure w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
