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Germain Houde
Germain Houde (born December 14, 1952) is a Quebec Genie Award-winning actor. He is predisposed by his physique to playing tough-guy parts; his screen characters have ranged from cruel criminals to corrupt policemen. A graduate of the Conservatoire d’Art Dramatique de Québec, Houde spent his early years in theatre including time with an experimental troupe in England. His first cinematic role was in Anne Claire Poirier’s acclaimed '' A Scream from Silence (Mourir à tue-tête)'', where he played a vicious rapist. He has won two Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his roles in '' Good Riddance (Les bons débarras)'' and ''Night Zoo (Un Zoo la nuit)''.Jay Scott, "Un zoo la nuit wins 13 Genies". ''The Globe and Mail'', March 23, 1988. His other roles have included the television series '' Omerta'', ''Les Filles de Caleb'', ''Les Invincibles'' and '' Vertige'', and the films '' Prettykill'', ''Terminal City Ricochet'', ''Léolo'', ''Jerome's Sec ...
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Genie Award
The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for sculptor Sorel Etrog, who designed the statuette). Genie Award candidates were selected from submissions made by the owners of Canadian films or their representatives, based on the criteria laid out in the ''Genie Rules and Regulations'' booklet which is distributed to Academy members and industry members. Peer-group juries, assembled from volunteer members of the Academy, meet to screen the submissions and select a group of nominees. Academy members then vote on these nominations. In 2012, the Academy announced that the Genies would merge with its sister presentation for English-language television, the Gemini Awards, to form a new award presentation known as the Canadian Screen Awards. Broadcasting The Genie Awards were originally aire ...
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Tomorrow's A Killer
''Tomorrow's a Killer'' (also known as ''Prettykill'') is a 1987 Canadian-American thriller slasher film directed by George Kaczender and starring David Birney, Susannah York and Yaphet Kotto. The plot concerns a policeman who hunts a serial killer. The film was shot in Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho .... Premise A policeman, haunted by his past, tries to hunt down a serial killer murdering prostitutes. Cast :– Source: References External links * 1987 films 1987 horror films American slasher films Canadian slasher films English-language Canadian films 1980s English-language films Films directed by George Kaczender Films scored by Robert O. Ragland 1987 thriller films 1980s American films 1980s Canadian films English-language horror films< ...
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Canadian Male Television Actors
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Canadian Male Film Actors
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and ec ...
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Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his h ...
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2 Frogs In The West
''2 Frogs in the West'' (french: 2 frogs dans l'ouest) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, released in 2010."Cross-country adventure leaves much behind". ''The Gazette'', October 8, 2010. The directorial debut of filmmaker and actor Dany Papineau, the film premiered in Montreal on October 8, 2010. It stars Mirianne Brulé, Dany Papineau, Jessica Malka, Germain Houde, and Charlie David. Plot The film stars Mirianne Brulé as Marie, a restless young woman from Quebec who decides to drop out of university and hitchhike west to Whistler, British Columbia on a voyage of self-discovery, much to her parents' dismay. The journey to British Columbia is not an easy one, as along the way Marie experiences a myriad of bumps and mishaps, with her finally arriving in Whistler only to have her luggage stolen. After this exasperating ordeal a man by the name of Jean-François (Papineau), who is also from Québec, takes Marie in to stay with him and his two roommates, his ex-girlfriend Gaby (Malka ...
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Fear Of Water (2011 Film)
''Fear of Water'' (french: La Peur de l'eau) is a Canadian thriller drama film, directed by Gabriel Pelletier and released in 2011.Charles-Henri Ramond"Peur de l’eau, La – Film de Gabriel Pelletier" ''Films du Québec'', January 7, 2012. The film stars Pierre-François Legendre as André Surprenant, a police officer in the Magdalen Islands who is investigating the rape and murder of the mayor's daughter Rosalie ( Stéphanie Lapointe).André Duchesne"La peur de l'eau, film d'horreur?" '' La Presse'', October 4, 2012. The film's cast also includes Brigitte Pogonat, Sandrine Bisson, Isabelle Cyr, Paul Doucet, Normand D'Amour, Pierre-Luc Brillant, Germain Houde and Pascale Bussières. The film was inspired by, but not a direct adaptation of, Jean Lemieux's crime novel ''On finit toujours par payer''. The film had its theatrical premiere in November 2011, before going into commercial release in January 2012. Awards The film received two Jutra Award nominations at the 14th Jutra ...
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Jerome's Secret
''Jerome's Secret'' (french: Le Secret de Jérôme) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Phil Comeau and released in 1994. The first-ever Acadian feature film, it dramatizes the story of Jerome, a mysterious man who washed up on a beach at Baie-Sainte-Marie, Nova Scotia, mute and with his legs recently amputated, and lived in the community for the remainder of his life. Denis Lapalme, a Canadian amputee athlete who previously competed at the Paralympics, portrayed Jerome in his first-ever acting role. The film also stars Myriam Cyr as Julitte, a woman who falls in love with Jerome as she nurses him back to health, and Germain Houde as Jean Nicholas, Julitte's infertile husband whose desire to leave Acadia to return to his native Corsica has caused strain in their marriage, as well as Rémy Girard and Viola Léger in supporting roles. The film premiered at the 1994 Atlantic Film Festival, where it won the festival's People's Choice Award. It was nominated for two Genie Awards at ...
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Léolo
''Léolo'' is a 1992 Canadian coming of age- fantasy film by director Jean-Claude Lauzon. The film tells the story of a young boy named Léo "Léolo" Lauzon, played by Maxime Collin, who engages in an active fantasy life while growing up with his Montreal family, and begins to have sexual fantasies about his neighbour Bianca, played by Giuditta del Vecchio. The film also stars Ginette Reno, Pierre Bourgault, Andrée Lachapelle, Denys Arcand, Julien Guiomar, and Germain Houde. Gilbert Sicotte narrates the film as the adult Léolo. With a story developed by Lauzon as a semi-autobiographical work, the project was supported by producer Lyse Lafontaine as a co-production with France. Filming took place in Montreal and Sicily in 1991. It was Lauzon's final film, as he died in a plane crash in 1997 while working on his next project. Initially released in the 1992 Cannes Film Festival, ''Léolo'' won three Genie Awards, including Best Original Screenplay for Lauzon, losing Best Motion ...
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Terminal City Ricochet
''Terminal City Ricochet'' is a 1990 film directed by Zale Dalen. The name was taken from a hockey team called the Terminal City Ricochets. Starring Jello Biafra (of the Dead Kennedys), Terminal City Ricochet is a dystopian comedy critical of television and its collusion with government and consumerism. Terminal City Ricochet is well known in cult film circles, but it has only been shown at film festivals, and a few times on pay-TV. The DVD combo, (containing both the DVD of the film and a CD of the movie soundtrack) has been made available through the Alternative Tentacles Website. It was released in stores in October 2010. Soundtrack The soundtrack (released by Alternative Tentacles) features many Punk rock, punk bands including Nomeansno, Jello Biafra, D.O.A. (band), D.O.A., The Beatnigs and others. Cast *Mark Bennett as Alex Stevens *Peter Breck as Ross Glimore *Germain Houde as Ace, the Savior *Jello Biafra as Bruce Coddle *Lisa Brown as Beatrice *Gabe Khouth as Jim Glimore ...
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