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Gabriel Arcand
Gabriel Arcand (born June 4, 1949) is a Canadian actor. He is the brother of film director Denys Arcand. After studying philosophy at McGill University, Arcand spent his formative professional years at La Criée in Marseilles, France, and later in Poland where he studied theatre. Since he made his 1973 screen debut in his brother's first feature, '' La Maudite Galette'', he established himself as Quebec’s iconic strong, silent type and has given subtle but powerful performances in a wide range of films such as ''Réjeanne Padovani'', ''Les Plouffe'', ''Le Crime d’Ovide Plouffe'', ''Le Déclin de l’empire américain'', ''Post Mortem'' and Congorama. He won the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's award for Best Actor at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985 for his performance in ''The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe)'' and at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014 for ''The Dismantling (Le Démantèlement)'', and the award for Best Supporting Actor at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2nd Canadian Screen Awards
The 2nd Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 9, 2014, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2013."Canadian Screen Awards: Orphan Black, Less Than Kind, Enemy nominated" , January 13, 2014. Awards in technical and some other categories were presented in a series of advance ceremonies during the week of March 3 to 8. Nominations were announced on January 13, 2014. In film categories, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Tougas
''Little Tougas'' (french: Ti-Cul Tougas) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Jean-Guy Noël and released in 1976.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 128. The film stars Claude Maher as Rémi Tougas, a musician who is hiding out in the Magdalen Islands with his girlfriend Odette (Micheline Lanctôt) after stealing his band's payment from a gig; they plan to further escape to California with Odette's friend Gilberte (Suzanne Garceau), but their plans are complicated when Rémi's bandmate Martin (Gilbert Sicotte) arrives to recover the money. The cast also includes Louise Forestier, Jean-Louis Millette, Guy L'Écuyer and Gabriel Arcand. Carmel Dumas of ''Cinema Canada'' praised the film, writing that it demonstrated "that a very good young cinema is hard on the heels of the Carles and the Jutras of Quebec's film community."Carmel Dumas, "Jean-Guy Noël's Ti-Cul Tougas". ''Cinema Canada'', February 1977. The film won the Prix L.-E.-O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gina (film)
''Gina'' is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, directed by Denys Arcand and released in 1975. The film stars Celine Lomez as Gina, a stripper who, after being rape Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority, or ag ...d in a motel room, hires two criminal thugs to exact her revenge on the rapists.Gilles Marsolais, "Un cinéma au temps présent". ''24 images'', No. 91 (1998), p. 6-7. Synopsis Three parallel story lines draw an exploited hotel stripper (Lomez) who is sent to work a small Quebec town, a drunken gang of hell-raising snowmobilers, and a film crew attempting to shoot a political documentary about exploited textile workers (echoing Denys Arcand's own NFB-banned documentary ''On est au coton''), together into a potent mixture of action, violence against women, and film as a pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne (1980 Film)
''Suzanne'' is a 1980 Canadian drama film directed by Robin Spry."Suzanne – Film de Robin Spry" ''Films du Québec''. It was written by Spry and Ronald Sutherland as an adaptation of Sutherland's 1971 novel ''Snow Lark''. The film stars as Suzanne McDonald, a woman in an unhappy marriage who becomes pregnant after an extramarital affair with a gangster who has just been sent to prison. The cast also includes , |
2nd Genie Awards
The 2nd Genie Awards were held March 12, 1981, honouring Canadian films released the previous year.Jay Scott, "Genie nominations released". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 10, 1981. The ceremony was held at the Royal Alexandra Theatre and was hosted by Brian Linehan.Jay Scott, "Les Bons débarras sweeps the Genies". ''The Globe and Mail'', March 13, 1981. The most notable sight of the evening was Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau escorting starlet Kim Cattrall; the moment received renewed media attention in March 2016, when the American newsmagazine ''60 Minutes'', in a profile of Justin Trudeau, ran a photo of the appearance while misidentifying Cattrall as Margaret Trudeau. The films '' Good Riddance (Les bons débarras)'' and ''Tribute'' tied for the most nominations overall. ''Good Riddance'' won most of the major awards, including Best Picture. Later in the year the Academy of Canadian Cinema held the Bijou Awards, a separate ceremony designed to present many of the specialized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Post Mortem (1999 Film)
''Post Mortem'' is a 1999 Canadian drama film directed by Louis Bélanger. at 's Canadian Film Encyclopedia. The film won two , including for Moreau. Cast * |
20th Genie Awards
The 20th Genie Awards were held on January 30, 2000, by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, to honour films released in 1999. The ceremony aired live on CBC Television, and a post-event highlights show aired on Radio Canada.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 117-199. Eyebrows were raised when the nominations were dominated by 21 foreign artists; the academy had eliminated an old ruling that prevented foreign talent in minority Canadian co-productions from being eligible for Genie awards. With 152 nominees in total, there was no imbalance, but the fact that the foreign-artist nominations dominated the performance categories bothered many, and raised questions about whether or not the Genies were fulfilling their role of recognizing Canadian achievement and promoting Canadian talent.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. ... [...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 * '' |
3rd Genie Awards
The 3rd Genie Awards were awarded on March 3, 1982, at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto,Jay Scott, "Academy lists Genie nominees". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 4, 1982. and honoured Canadian films released in 1981.Liam Lacey, "Ticket to Heaven top movie". ''The Globe and Mail'', March 5, 1982. It was hosted by Brian Linehan, with magician Doug Henning assisting by using card tricks and other illusions to reveal the winners. The film '' The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe)'' won the most awards overall, although ''Ticket to Heaven'' won Best Picture. Those two films were tied for most nominations overall, with 15 nods each. Winners and nominees References External linksGenie Awards 1982on IMDb {{DEFAULTSORT:3rd Genie Awards 03 Genie Genie Jinn ( ar, , ') – also romanized as djinn or anglicized as genies (with the broader meaning of spirit or demon, depending on sources) – are invisible creatures in early pre-Islamic Arabian religious systems and later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decline Of The American Empire
''The Decline of the American Empire'' (french: Le Déclin de l'empire Américain) is a 1986 Canadian sex comedy-drama film directed by Denys Arcand and starring Rémy Girard, Pierre Curzi and Dorothée Berryman. The film follows a group of intellectual friends from the Université de Montréal history department as they engage in a long dialogue about their sexual affairs, touching on issues of adultery, homosexuality, group sex, BDSM and prostitution. A number of characters associate self-indulgence with societal decline. The film was a box office success in Canada and internationally and received good reviews. It won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, nine Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture, and was the first Canadian film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was followed by two sequels, ''The Barbarian Invasions'' in 2003 and '' Days of Darkness'' in 2007. Plot In an interview with CBC Radio, Université de Montréal His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
