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Isabelle Blais
Isabelle Sophie Emilie Blais (born June 21, 1975) is a Canadian film and television actress and singer. History Isabelle Blais was born on June 21, 1975 in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. She is a graduate of the Montreal campus of the Conservatoire de musique et d'art dramatique du Québec. She quickly charmed critics by her stage interpretation of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, and in 2001, won their attention for her role in ''Soft Shell Man'' by André Turpin. In 2002, she appeared in '' Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'' by George Clooney. In 2003, she was awarded a Jutra Award for "Best Supporting Actress" for her role in ''Québec-Montréal'' by Ricardo Trogi. In the same year, appeared in ''The Barbarian Invasions'', by Denys Arcand. In 2004, she appeared in a leading role in ''Les Aimants'', by Yves Pelletier, for which she was nominated for a second Jutra Award, for Best Actress, as well as being nominated for a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Rol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caïman Fu
Caïman Fu are a Québécois pop rock band founded in 2000 by Nicolas Grimard and Yves Manseau. They released their self-titled debut album in 2003, which was subsequently followed by ''Les Charmes du Quotidien'' ("the charms of the everyday") in fall 2005 and ''Drôle d'animal'' in 2008. In 2005 they were spokespersons for the first Salon of independent music of Quebec. They played at Francofolies in 2002 and 2003. Discography * 2003 : ''Caïman Fu'' * 2006 : ''Les charmes du quotidien'' * 2008 : ''Drôle d'animal'' * 2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ... : ''À des milles'' Band members Line-up Anecdotes * The name of their group is often stylized with an "ï" that includes two dots placed vertically and not horizontally. References { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savage Messiah (2002 Film)
''Savage Messiah'' (french: Moïse, l’affaire Roch Thériault) is a Canadian thriller-drama film, released in 2002. The film dramatizes the real-life story of Roch "Moïse" Thériault, a cult leader who was arrested in Burnt River, Ontario, in 1989. The film stars Luc Picard as Thériault and Polly Walker Polly Alexandra Walker (born 19 May 1966) is an English actress. She has starred in the films '' Enchanted April'' (1991), '' Patriot Games'' (1992), ''Sliver'' (1993), '' Restoration'' (1995), '' The Gambler'' (1997), and '' Savage Messiah'' ( ... as Paula Jackson, the social worker whose investigation revealed Thériault's crimes. Synopsis Inspired by real-life events, Roch Thériault (Luc Picard), the head of a strange commune, lives with 2 men, his 10 wives, and his 23 children. While visiting Burnt River, Ontario, a social worker (Polly Walker) suspects that the women of Thériault's commune are being abused. Despite the indifference of her co-workers, she under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Answered By Fire
''Answered by Fire'' is a two-part television film based on the 1999 conflicts in East Timor that led to its independence in 2002. The film is based on "Dancing with the Devil: A Personal Account of Policing the East Timor Vote for Independence", which was written by David Savage, an Australian Federal Police Officer who was based in Maliana during the vote and where the fictional "Nunura" is based, who returned to East Timor to lead investigations into the crimes against humanity committed there. The book is published by Monash University Asia Institute, Melbourne David Savage was a technical and script consultant during the filming and also played a minor role. The film stars David Wenham, Isabelle Blais and Alex Tilman. It is a co-production between ABC in Australia and CBC in Canada and was also shown in Portugal on RTP as ''Timor: A Ferro e Fogo'' (literally "Timor: By Iron and Fire") with Portuguese subtitles. It has also been shown on the Australia Network, which i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Trafficking (miniseries)
''Human Trafficking'' is a television miniseries about an American Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent going undercover to stop an organization from trafficking people, and shows the struggles of three trafficked women. It premiered in the United States on Lifetime Television on October 24 and 25, 2005 and was broadcast in Canada on Citytv on January 2 and 3, 2006. It stars Mira Sorvino, Donald Sutherland, Rémy Girard, and Robert Carlyle. Plot In Prague, Czech Republic, single mother Helena (Isabelle Blais) is seduced by a successful, handsome man and travels with him to spend a weekend in Vienna, Austria. He then sells her to a human trafficking ring and she is brought to New York City to work as a sex slave. In Kyiv, Ukraine, sixteen-year-old Nadia (Laurence Leboeuf) enters a modelling competition, without her father's knowledge. She is selected by the bogus model agency to travel to New York with the other selected candidates, where she is forced into a life of sexual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nest (2018 Film) in 2019.''The Nest'' (french: Le nid) is a Canadian psychological thriller film, directed by David Paradis and released in 2018. The film stars Pierre-Luc Brillant as Pierre-Luc, an actor who agrees to his girlfriend Isabelle's (Isabelle Blais) request that he spend five days confined to a locked room, with no contact with the outside world except webcam conversations with her. The film premiered in July 2018 at the Fantasia International Film Festival, where it won the Barry Convex Award for Best Canadian Feature. The film received two Canadian Screen Award nominations, for Best Sound Editing and the John Dunning Best First Feature Award, at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards The 7th annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 31, 2019, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2018. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadoussac (film)
''Tadoussac'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Martin Laroche and released in 2017. The film stars Camille Mongeau as Chloé, an unhappy young woman from Montreal who abandons her urban life and travels to the small town of Tadoussac, where she befriends Myriam (Isabelle Blais), a local tour guide who is battling emotional demons of her own. The cast also includes Isabelle Boivin, Serge Boulianne and Juliette Gosselin. The film was shot in 2016, in Tadoussac and other areas in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec. The film premiered in September 2017 at the Festival du film canadien de Dieppe, where it won the Jury Prize and the Espoir du cinéma."Le film «Tadoussac» s’illustre à Namur" '' |
Blue Thunder (2015 Film)
''Blue Thunder'' (french: Bleu tonnerre) is a Canadian short musical comedy-drama film, directed by Philippe-David Gagné and Jean-Marc E. Roy and released in 2015."Dany Placard en vedette du conte rural chanté Bleu tonnerre : La trame sonore en écoute" '''', March 12, 2015. The film stars Dany Placard as Bruno, a sawmill worker whose girlfriend ( |
Face Time (film)
The face is the front of an animal's head that features the eyes, nose and mouth, and through which animals express many of their emotions. The face is crucial for human identity, and damage such as scarring or developmental deformities may affect the psyche adversely. Structure The front of the human head is called the face. It includes several distinct areas, of which the main features are: *The forehead, comprising the skin beneath the hairline, bordered laterally by the temples and inferiorly by eyebrows and ears *The eyes, sitting in the orbit and protected by eyelids and eyelashes * The distinctive human nose shape, nostrils, and nasal septum *The cheeks, covering the maxilla and mandibula (or jaw), the extremity of which is the chin *The mouth, with the upper lip divided by the philtrum, sometimes revealing the teeth Facial appearance is vital for human recognition and communication. Facial muscles in humans allow expression of emotions. The face is itself a highl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The High Cost Of Living
''The High Cost of Living'' is a 2010 indie drama film starring Zach Braff, Isabelle Blais and Aimee Lee. Written and directed by Deborah Chow and set in Montreal, the film centers on a young, pregnant woman whose world falls apart when she loses her child in a hit and run accident due to her drug abuse and negligence. The film made its debut at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival, and was released theatrically in April 2011. It won TIFF's award for Best Canadian First Feature Film. Plot Nathalie (Isabelle Blais) watches her life unravel after she loses her pregnancy due to a hit and run accident. She finds an unlikely protector in Henry (Zach Braff), a down and out guardian angel who has followed her thread. But Henry is not quite an angel, and she struggles to come to terms with the loss. Nathalie begins to rely on Henry, and even begins to love him. It becomes clear to Nathalie that he is a drug dealer, and she accepts this but tells him he should change his ways. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borderline (2008 Film)
''Borderline'' is a 2008 Canadian drama film directed by Lyne Charlebois and co-written with Marie-Sissi Labrèche, based on her novels ''Borderline'' and ''La Brèche''. Synopsis The film follows Kiki, a graduate student in Montreal living with borderline personality disorder. Through flashbacks, the viewer learns of her past: an unknown father and a mentally ill mother who was later institutionalized. While she was raised by her grandmother, the effects of Kiki's family trauma show in her using physical intimacy to avoid emotional intimacy. With her grandmother being on the verge of death, Kiki tries to cope with how her actions have wrecked her relationships with friends, alongside the emptiness of her current affair with her thesis advisor. As she turns thirty, Kiki meets her most painful love: herself. Cast * Isabelle Blais as Kiki (20 & 30 years old) * Jean-Hugues Anglade as Tcheky * Angèle Coutu as Mémé * Sylvie Drapeau as Mère de Kiki / Kiki's Mother * Laurence Car ... [...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] |
On The Trail Of Igor Rizzi
''On the Trail of Igor Rizzi'' (french: Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi) is a 2006 Canadian drama film starring Laurent Lucas, written and directed by Noël Mitrani. The film's production companies are Atopia and StanKaz Films. The distributor is also Atopia in Canada and United States. This film won the Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at 2006’s Toronto International Film Festival. Plot A grief-stricken and destitute French ex-soccer player has moved to Montreal, the hometown of his lost love, in an effort to recapture her presence. He is haunted by the regret of never having told her how much he loved her. To earn money he accepts to kill a certain Igor Rizzi. Cast * Laurent Lucas as Jean-Marc Thomas * Pierre-Luc Brillant as Jean-Michel * Emmanuel Bilodeau as Gilbert McCoy * Isabelle Blais as Mélanie * Yves Allaire as Howard * Dan Chapman as Igor Rizzi * Jacinthe Pilote as The dead woman Awards * 2006 Toronto International Film Festival — Best Canadian First F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
