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Jean-Claude Lord
Jean-Claude Lord (6 June 1943 – 15 January 2022) was a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He was one of the most commercial of the Québécois directors in the 1970s, aiming his feature films at a mass audience and dealing with political themes in a mainstream, Hollywood style. Early life Lord was born in Montreal on 6 June 1943. He first worked as an assistant director and scriptwriter in the private sector. He was an apprentice to Pierre Patry at the company Coopératio. Career Lord's first feature was ''Délivrez-nous du mal'', released in 1965. It depicted a gay couple, reportedly a first for a Québécois film and regarded as a breakthrough since the influence of the Catholic Church was still strong in Quebec. His 1974 film ''Bingo'' exploits the post-October Crisis, post-Watergate paranoia prevalent in North America at the time with considerable panache. It was the subject of an intensive critical debate about its credentials as a left-wing film. Lord directed ... [...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] |
Prix Guy-Mauffette
The Prix Guy-Mauffette is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, given to individuals for an outstanding career in the radio and television arts in Quebec. It was first awarded in 2011. It is named in honour of Guy Mauffette (1915–2005). Guy Mauffette was a pioneer director and radio host in Quebec. Winners See also * History of broadcasting in Canada * Prix du Québec The Prix du Québec are awards given by the Government of Quebec to individuals for cultural and scientific achievements. Founded in 1977, the government annually awards seven awards in the cultural field and six in the scientific field. Cultura ... * Estelle Mauffette Government of Quebec Prix du Québec Quebec awards References Prix Guy-Mauffette {{Quebec-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tadpole And The Whale
''Tadpole and the Whale'' (french: La Grenouille et la baleine) is a Canadian children's fantasy film, directed by Jean-Claude Lord and released in 1988 as part of the Tales for All series."Demers film Tadpole wins a Golden Reel as box-office champ". ''Montreal Gazette'', March 14, 1989. The film stars Fanny Lauzier as Daphné, a young girl living in Mingan, Quebec who has developed the ability to breathe underwater, and who has befriended the dolphins and the whales living near the town in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The film's cast also includes Denis Forest, Marina Orsini, Félix-Antoine Leroux, Jean Lajeunesse, Lise Thouin, Louise Richer, Thomas Donohue, Roland Laroche, Pierre-Olivier Gagnon, Jean-Pierre Leduc, Jean Lafontaine, Jean Lemire, André Doyle, Claude Grisé and Alie Lavoie Gray. The film garnered three Genie Award nominations at the 10th Genie Awards in 1989, including Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography ( Thomas Burstyn) and Best Original Song for "We Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toby McTeague
''Toby McTeague'' is a 1986 Canadian children's action-adventure drama film directed by Jean-Claude Lord. It stars Yannick Bisson as Toby McTeague, a teenager training to compete in a dog sled race. The film was shot primarily in the small town of Sainte-Rose-du-Nord, Quebec. The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 8th Genie Awards in 1987, for Best Cinematography (René Verzier) and Best Original Song ("Cold As Ice" by Peter Pringle and Kevin Hunter). A minor controversy resulted when the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television mistakenly omitted "Cold As Ice" from the first ballots sent out to Academy voters."Toby McTeague movie song left off Genie Awards ballot". ''Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and pa ...'', February 17, 1987. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vindicator (film)
''The Vindicator'' (also known as ''Frankenstein '88'' and known in Brazil as ''Roboman'') is a 1986 Canadian science fiction film directed by Jean-Claude Lord.Janis L. Pallister, ''The Cinema of Québec: Masters in Their Own House'', Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1995, p 361 The film is a modern-day retelling of the classic ''Frankenstein'' story set in the 1980s. Its plot involves a man who was killed in an accident in a laboratory, but revived as part of an experiment as a cyborg. The film was released by 20th Century Fox and released on video by Key Video (a division of CBS/FOX Video) and is now out of print. The special effects were by Stan Winston. Plot Carl Lehman (David McIlwraith) is a scientist working on a next-generation space suit for the ARC corporation in a high-tech secret lab, run by the sinister Alex Whyte ( Richard Cox). One of the projects being developed for the space suit, the "rage program" is software that can take over the brain of the user when attacke ... [...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 |
Panic (1977 Film)
''Panic'' (french: Panique) is a Canadian thriller drama film, directed by Jean-Claude Lord and released in 1977.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 165. The film centres on a crisis in the fictional city of Port-Champlain, Quebec, after industrial pollution has poisoned the city's drinking water. The film's cast includes Paule Baillargeon, Jean Coutu, Lise Thouin, Pierre Thériault, Jacques Thisdale, Raymond Lévesque, Gérard Poirier, Jean-Marie Lemieux, Benoît Girard, Claude Michaud, Marc Legault, Pierre Gobeil, J-Léo Gagnon and Roger Lebel Roger Lebel (June 5, 1923 – June 18, 1994) was a Canadian actor. Career Label was born in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada. A Québécois character actor, Roger Lebel began his career on stage and in radio. He started to show up movies in the ....Charles-Henri Ramond"Panique – Film de Jean-Claude Lord" ''Films du Québec'', March 24, 2009. References External links * 1977 films 1977 dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Doves (film)
''The Doves'' (french: Les Colombes) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jean-Claude Lord and released in 1972.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 64. The film stars Jean Besré as Julien Ferland, a wealthy young university professor who marries Josianne Boucher (Lise Thouin), an aspiring singer from a more working-class background, against the disapproval of their families. The cast also includes Jean Duceppe, Manda Parent, Paul Berval, Jean Coutu and Diane Guérin, as well as singers Françoise Hardy and Willie Lamothe in small supporting roles. The film was entered into competition at the 24th Canadian Film Awards.Les Wedman"Etrog our Oscar" ''Vancouver Sun The ''Vancouver Sun'', also known as the ''Sun'', is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The newspaper is currently published by the Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network. Published s ...'', October 6, 1972. Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deliver Us From Evil (1969 Film)
''Deliver Us from Evil'' (french: Délivrez-nous du mal) is a 1969 Canadian drama film, written, directed, and edited by Jean-Claude Lord.Charles-Henri Ramond"Délivrez-nous du mal – Film de Jean-Claude Lord" ''Films du Québec'', January 8, 2009. One of the first Canadian films ever to address the subject of homosexuality, the film was produced and shot in 1965 but remained unreleased until 1969 due to its sensitive subject matter. The film centres on the emotionally complex and abusive relationship between André (Yvon Deschamps), a gay man, and Georges (Guy Godin), a bisexual man who was also formerly romantically involved with André's sister Lucille (Catherine Bégin). When a vacation at a hotel ends with Georges having sex with a woman, André is driven to attempt both suicide and murder because of his inability to secure Georges' affections. The film was not well received by critics, and has subsequently been heavily criticized as a "sordid" film that relies too heavily o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal Gazette
The ''Montreal Gazette'', formerly titled ''The Gazette'', is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Three other daily English-language newspapers shuttered at various times during the second half of the 20th century. It is one of the French-speaking province's last two English-language dailies; the other is the ''Sherbrooke Record'', which serves the anglophone community in Sherbrooke and the Eastern Townships southeast of Montreal. Founded in 1778 by Fleury Mesplet, ''The Gazette'' is Quebec's oldest daily newspaper and Canada's oldest daily newspaper still in publication. The oldest newspaper overall is the English-language ''Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph'', which was established in 1764 and is published weekly. History Fleury Mesplet founded a French-language weekly newspaper called ''La Gazette du commerce et littéraire, pour la ville et district de Montréal'' on June 3, 1778. It was the first entirely French-language newspaper i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guardian Angel (2014 Film)
''Guardian Angel'' (french: L'Ange gardien) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jean-Sébastien Lord and released in 2014. The film stars Guy Nadon as Normand, a man who works as a night security guard in an office building. One night he catches Nathalie (Marilyn Castonguay) and Guylain (Patrick Hivon) attempting a robbery; he chases them off, but is surprised when Nathalie returns a few weeks later to request his help because her relationship with Guylain is abusive. Meanwhile, he is attempting to salvage his troubled relationship with his wife Monique (Véronique Le Flaguais). The film was shot in Montreal, primarily in the Mile End. The film premiered at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois in February 2014. The film received two Prix Jutra nominations at the 17th Jutra Awards, for Best Actor (Nadon) and Best Supporting Actor (Hivon). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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