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Luc Montpellier
Luc Montpellier is a Canadian cinematographer. He is most noted for his work on the 2013 film ''It Was You Charlie'', for which he was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Cinematography at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014. He has also been a Canadian Society of Cinematographers award winner for Best Cinematography in a Dramatic Short in 2000 for the short film ''Soul Cages'',Mark Dillon"Montpellier helps bring cinematic approach to Foreign Objects" '' Playback'', August 21, 2000. and a Gemini Award winner for Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series at the 18th Gemini Awards in 2003 for the television film ''Hemingway vs. Callaghan''. He is a native of the Chelmsford neighbourhood in Sudbury, Ontario,Michael James"Cinematographer shooting for the top in Canadian film industry" '' Sudbury.com'', March 20, 2006. and an alumnus of the film school at Ryerson University Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU or Toronto Met) is a public university, public research uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadians
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 Multiculturalism, 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 Immigration to Canada, immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of New France, French and then the much larger British colonization of the Americas, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack And Jill (1998 Film)
''Jack and Jill'' is a 1998 Canadian anti-romantic comedy film, directed by John Kalangis."It's not clear if Jack fell down, but he did jilt Jill, in the movie: Opens tonight at Varsity". ''National Post'', March 5, 1999. The film stars Kalangis and Shauna MacDonald as Jack and Jill, a couple in Toronto who decide to remain together in an open relationship after Jack calls off their engagement, and Kathryn Zenna as Veronica, the waitress at their local coffee shop who ends up as a sounding board for both Jack and Jill's feelings about their relationship. The film premiered at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival, before going into general commercial release in 1999. Zenna received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 20th Genie Awards."Genie Awards: Rookie actress thrilled with nod". ''Prince George Citizen The ''Prince George Citizen'' is a weekly newspaper located in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. It is owned by Glacier Media. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take This Waltz (film)
''Take This Waltz'' is a 2011 Romance film, romantic comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by Sarah Polley. The film centres on Margot, a 28-year-old freelance writer who lives in a charming house on a leafy street in Toronto's Little Portugal, Toronto, Little Portugal neighbourhood, as she struggles with and examines her feelings for Lou, her husband of five years, while exploring a new relationship with Daniel, an artist and Pulled rickshaw, rickshaw driver who lives across the street. The film stars Michelle Williams (actress), Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Luke Kirby, and Sarah Silverman. Plot While touring the historic town of Louisbourg, Louisburg in Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia, Canada on an assignment, freelance writer Margot has a couple of chance encounters with Daniel, an artist and rickshaw operator. They run into each other again on the airplane from Halifax to Montreal, and then to Toronto. When the pair return home, they agree to split a cab, and an attra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairo Time
''Cairo Time'' is a 2009 film by Canadian director Ruba Nadda. It is a romantic drama about a brief, unexpected love interest that catches two people completely off-guard. The film won the award for Best Canadian Film at the Toronto International Film Festival 2009. Plot Juliette is a Canadian magazine editor who arrives in Cairo for a vacation with husband Mark, a UN official working at refugee camps in the Gaza Strip. Their children have grown and Juliette is looking forward to spending more time with Mark. Delayed, Mark asks his friend—a handsome Egyptian named Tareq—to watch over Juliette. Mark is continually delayed in Gaza, during which time Juliette makes friends with Cairo locals, North American and European residents like Kathryn, explores the city and the surrounding area, and finds herself falling in love with the city during her "Cairo Time". Tareq is a regular (but not constant) companion during Juliette's extended time waiting for Mark, leading to a very clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cry Of The Owl (2009 Film)
''The Cry of the Owl'' is a 2009 thriller film based on Patricia Highsmith's 1962 book of the same name, and was directed by Jamie Thraves. It stars Paddy Considine, Julia Stiles, and Karl Pruner. This is the third filming of the book after the 1987 French film adaptation by Claude Chabrol and a German TV adaptation titled '' Der Schrei der Eule'' also from 1987. After Robert Forrester is caught by Jenny Thierolf, the girl he has been spying on, he becomes the victim of her manipulative advances. The disappearance of Jenny's fiancé Greg after a fight with Robert marks the beginning of a series of dangerous and ultimately fatal incidents. Plot Robert Forrester is going through a painful divorce from his wife Nickie. He begins spying on Jenny Thierolf, a girl living in the countryside, because to him she represents a state of harmony, a stark contrast to his own personal life. Jenny catches him one night, but instead of being upset, she invites him in and they talk. Jenny ends ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emotional Arithmetic
''Emotional Arithmetic'' is a 2007 Canadian drama film directed by Paolo Barzman, based on the novel by Matt Cohen, about the emotional consequences for three Holocaust survivors when they are reunited decades later. The film stars Gabriel Byrne, Roy Dupuis, Christopher Plummer, Susan Sarandon, and Max von Sydow. It opened at the Toronto International Film Festival, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 15, 2007, and was released, in Canada, on April 18, 2008. When released by Image Entertainment on DVD in the US, on July 22, 2008, the film's title differed from that of its theatrical release; the US DVD is called ''Autumn Hearts: A New Beginning''. Plot ''Emotional Arithmetic'' focuses primarily on three people who formed a bond in the Drancy internment camp, where they were imprisoned by the Nazis during World War II: Jakob Bronski (Sydow), who saw goodness in two orphaned children in the camp, Melanie (Sarandon) and Christopher (Byrne), and who helped them to survive. De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poor Boy's Game
''Poor Boy's Game'' is a 2007 Canadian drama film directed by Clement Virgo. Co-written with Nova Scotian writer/director Chaz Thorne (''Just Buried''), it is the story of class struggle, racial tensions, and boxing, set in the Canadian east coast port city of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The film premiered on February 11, 2007, at the Berlin International Film Festival. The movie stars Danny Glover, Rossif Sutherland, Greg Bryk, Flex Alexander and Laura Regan. ''Poor Boy's Game'' opened in Halifax cinemas on November 9, 2007. Plot Donnie Rose ( Rossif Sutherland) plays a former boxer who is released from prison after serving time for a vicious assault on a Black teen that left the teen physically and mentally disabled. The beating of the teen sparked outrage and further divided the historically segregated city of Halifax. Upon his release from prison, he is surprised by a hero's 'welcome home' party at his brother Keith Rose's (Greg Bryk) house and other members of the White comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Away From Her
''Away from Her'' is a 2006 Canadian independent drama film written and directed by Sarah Polley and starring Julie Christie and Gordon Pinsent. Olympia Dukakis, Michael Murphy, Wendy Crewson, Alberta Watson, and Kristen Thomson are featured in supporting roles. The feature film directorial debut of Polley, it is based on Alice Munro's short story "The Bear Came Over the Mountain", from the 2001 collection ''Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage''. The story centers on a couple whose marriage is tested when the wife begins to develop Alzheimer's and moves into a nursing home, where she loses virtually all memory of her husband and begins to develop a close relationship with another nursing home resident. ''Away from Her'' premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival. It was theatrically released on May 4, 2007, and garnered critical acclaim, with critics praising Christie's performance and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Is Work
''Love Is Work'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by John Kalangis and released in 2005. The film centres on five different couples with different issues in their relationships.Jason Anderson"Love Is Work" ''The Globe and Mail'', June 8, 2007. Victor ( Fabrizio Filippo) and Celia ( Shauna MacDonald) are young professionals who are still at an early stage in their relationship, but are reaching the point where it's time to decide whether they want to commit. Harley (Kyree Vibrant) and Shaun (Scott McCord) are partners in both life and music, whose relationship is tested by Harley's suspicion that Shaun is faking a neck injury to avoid an opportunity that could take their career to the next level. Terry (Kalangis) and Sarah (Joa Gamelin) are an older couple challenged by the recent death of Terry's brother, which has resulted in their nephew Josh coming to live with them. Zoe (Natalie Radford) and Kathy (Meredith Vuchnich) are friends getting together to plan Zoe's baby shower, bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabah (film)
''Sabah'' ( ar, صباح, Translation "Morning") is a 2005 film directed by Ruba Nadda and starring Arsinée Khanjian as Sabah, a traditional Muslim woman living in Toronto. She falls in love with Stephen, a non-Muslim Canadian man (played by Shawn Doyle). The film had the alternate title ''Coldwater''.Young, Deborah.Coldwater (film review)Archive. ''Variety''. date not stated. p. 28. Retrieved on February 28, 2015. Plot Sabah is a 40-year-old single immigrant from Syria living in Toronto with her family. She is responsible for her mother's well-being. Since her father's death, her brother Majid has been the family authority figure. Her niece, Souhaire, does not want him choosing her husband. His marriage is rocky, and he insists on tradition. Sabah decides to start swimming again; an activity not allowed by Majid. At a city swimming pool she meets Stephen; they are attracted to each other. Because he is not a Muslim, Sabah hides their friendship from her family. With passage of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Saddest Music In The World
''The Saddest Music in the World'' is a 2003 Canadian film directed by Guy Maddin. Budgeted at $3.8-million and shot over 24 days, the film marks Maddin's first collaboration with actor Isabella Rossellini. Maddin and co-screenwriter George Toles based the film on an original screenplay written by British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, from which they kept "the title, the premise and the contest – to determine which country’s music was the saddest" but otherwise re-wrote. Like most of Guy Maddin's films, ''The Saddest Music in the World'' is filmed in a style that imitates late 1920s and early 1930s cinema, with grainy black-and-white photography, slightly out-of-sync sound and expressionist art design. A few scenes are filmed in colour, in a manner that imitates early two-strip Technicolor. Plot During the Great Depression in 1933 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, beer baroness Lady Helen Port-Huntley announces a competition to find the saddest music in the world, as a publicity stunt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luck (2003 Film)
''Luck'' is a 2003 Canadian romantic comedy film written and directed by Peter Wellington. Set in 1972 against the backdrop of the Canada-Russia Summit Series hockey competition, the film stars Luke Kirby as Shane, a man who falls into a gambling addiction after being turned down by his love interest Margaret (Sarah Polley), but concocts a plan to bet heavily on the hockey games in the hopes of both paying off his gambling debt and winning Margaret back. The film's cast also includes Noam Jenkins, Jed Rees, Sergio Di Zio, Peter MacNeill and Fiona Reid. The film premiered at the 2003 Montreal World Film Festival. It was subsequently screened at the 2004 South by Southwest festival, where it won the award for best narrative competition feature. Wellington received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the 24th Genie Awards."CHUM tries to uncork the Genies". ''Ottawa Citizen The ''Ottawa Citizen'' is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
