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Luc Picard
Luc Picard (born 24 September 1961) is a French Canadian actor, director and comedian. He was born on September 24, 1961, in Lachine, Quebec, Canada. He has played numerous characters in diverse roles. Early life and education Picard was born in Lachine, Quebec. He trained at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal, and quickly became a favourite with Quebec audiences with his frequent appearances on television. Career During the 1990s, following his debut performance in '' Letters of Transit (Les Sauf-conduits)'' he slowly developed as a film star with character roles in a variety of films, especially those by Pierre Falardeau. In 2002, Picard scored a double triumph with a Genie Award for his performance as the psychotic cult leader in '' Savage Messiah'' and a Prix Jutra for ''The Collector'', directed by Jean Beaudin. In 2005, he directed his first feature, ''Audition'', which was followed by ''Babine'' in 2008, ''Ésimésac'' in 2012, ''9'' in 2016, and '' Cross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lachine, Quebec
Lachine () is a borough (''arrondissement'') within the city of Montreal on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It was an autonomous city until the municipal mergers in 2002. History Lachine, apparently from the French term ''la Chine'' (China), is often said to have been named in 1667, in mockery of its then owner René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle, who explored the interior of North America trying to find a passage to China. When he returned without success, he and his men were derisively named ''les Chinois'' (the Chinese). The name was adopted when the parish of Saints-Anges-de-la-Chine was created in 1676, with the form Lachine appearing with the opening of a post office in 1829. An alternative etymology attributes the name to the famous French explorer Samuel de Champlain, who also hoped to find a passage from the Saint Lawrence River to China. According to this version, in 1618 Champlain proposed that a customs house would tax the trade goods from China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biographical
A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just the basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or curriculum vitae ( résumé), a biography presents a subject's life story, highlighting various aspects of their life, including intimate details of experience, and may include an analysis of the subject's personality. Biographical works are usually non-fiction, but fiction can also be used to portray a person's life. One in-depth form of biographical coverage is called legacy writing. Works in diverse media, from literature to film, form the genre known as biography. An authorized biography is written with the permission, cooperation, and at times, participation of a subject or a subject's heirs. An autobiography is written by the person themselves, sometimes with the assistance of a collaborator or ghostwriter. History At first, biog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confessions Of A Hitman
''Confessions of a Hitman'' (french: Confessions) is a Canadian crime drama film, directed by Luc Picard and released in 2021. Based on ''Gallant: confessions d’un tueur à gages'', a 2015 non-fiction book written by Éric Thibault and Félix Séguin about Canadian contract killer Gerald Gallant, the film stars Picard as Gallant. The film's cast also includes David La Haye, Sandrine Bisson, Éveline Gélinas, Dany Boudreault, Emmanuel Charest, Jean-François Boudreau, Bobby Beshro, Maxim Gaudette, Louise Portal, Raymond Cloutier and Catherine De Léan. The film was shot in 2019, on a budget of $6.6 million. The film premiered at the 2021 Whistler Film Festival,Emmanuelle Froment"Le film intriguant Confessions de Luc Picard présenté en première mondiale à Whistler" ''HollywoodPQ'', September 24, 2021. where Picard won the award for Best Director of a Borsos Competition Film. It is slated for commercial release in March 2022. The film received three Canadian Screen Award n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Presse (Canadian Newspaper)
, founded in 1884, is a French-language digital newspaper published daily in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is owned by an independent nonprofit trust. ' was formerly a broadsheet daily, considered a newspaper of record in Canada. Its Sunday edition was discontinued in 2009, and the weekday edition in 2016. The weekend Saturday printed edition was discontinued on 31 December 2017, turning ' into an entirely digital newspaper. Audience and sections ' is published on its website, .ca, and its mobile app, . The newspaper targets an educated, middle-class readership. Its main competitors are two Montreal print dailies, the tabloid-format ', which aims at a more populist audience, and the more left-leaning broadsheet . ' comprises several sections, dealing individually with arts, sports, business and economy and other themes. Its Saturday print edition (now discontinued) contained over 10 sections. The newspaper's archives from 2000 to 2019 are available on its website. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9 (2016 Film)
''9'' (french: 9, le film) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, which was released in 2016. Adapted from Stéphane E. Roy's theatrical play ''9 Variations on the Void (Neuf variations sur le vide)'', the film is an anthology of nine short films by nine different film directors on the theme of communication difficulties, unified by the common narrative element of a conference on communication by self-help guru Marc Gélinas (played by Roy). Segments were directed by Roy, Claude Brie, Érik Canuel, Jean-Philippe Duval, Marc Labrèche, Micheline Lanctôt, Luc Picard, Éric Tessier and Ricardo Trogi.Alain de Repentigny"9 - Le film: un «truc de gang»" '' La Presse'', September 7, 2016. Segments *"Abus" (Roy) - Annabelle (Anne-Marie Cadieux) and Christian ( Christian Bégin) are a married couple who play manipulative games with each other.Alain de Repentigny"9 - Le film: la parole aux neuf réalisateurs" '' La Presse'', September 7, 2016. *"Subitement" (Picard) – An actor receives a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Seeds (2016 Film)
''Bad Seeds'' (french: Les Mauvaises herbes) is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Louis Bélanger and released in 2016. The film stars Alexis Martin as Jacques, a struggling actor from Montreal who is forced to flee the city because of his unpaid gambling debts to a loan shark (Luc Picard), and ends up a partner with Simon (Gilles Renaud) and Francesca ( Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez) in a marijuana farm. The film's cast also includes Myriam Côté, Patrick Hivon, Stéphane Jacques, Yves Bélanger, Bénédicte Décary, François Papineau, Sylvio Archambault and Gary Boudreault. Plot summary Cast * Alexis Martin as Jacques Sauvageau * Gilles Renaud as Simon Boulerice * Emmanuelle Lussier Martinez as Francesca * Mimi Côté as Nancy (as Myriam Côté) * Gary Boudreault as Deux-temps * François Papineau François Papineau (born 24 December 1966) is a Canadian actor who worked in stage and the Cinema of Quebec for over 25 years. Papineau graduated from the National Theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isla Blanca (film)
''Isla Blanca'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jeanne Leblanc and released in 2018.Charles-Henri Ramond"Isla Blanca – Film de Jeanne Leblanc" ''Films du Québec'', February 22, 2018. The film stars Charlotte Aubin as Mathilde, a young woman returning home to visit her family for the first time since running away from home several years earlier. The cast also includes Judith Baribeau as her mother Françoise, Luc Picard as her father Pierre, and Théodore Pellerin as her brother Émile. The film premiered at the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma in 2018, and was broadcast on television by Ici Radio-Canada Télé in April 2019. Aubin received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Actress at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards The 20th Quebec Cinema Awards ceremony was held on 3 June 2018 in Montreal, to recognize talent and achievement in the Cinema of Quebec. It was hosted by actresses Édith Cochrane and Guylaine Tremblay, who also jointly hosted the 2017 Prix Iris. ... in 2018. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Song (2016 Film)
''Night Song'' (french: Mobile Étoile) is a 2016 Franco-Canadian drama film written and directed by Raphaël Nadjari. It stars Géraldine Pailhas, Luc Picard, Felicia Shulman and Eléonore Lagacé. It won the Tobias Spencer Award at the Haifa International Film Festival. Plot summary Cast * Géraldine Pailhas as Hannah Hermann * Luc Picard as Daniel Dussault * Felicia Shulman as Etha Salomons * Éléonore Lagacé as Abigail Colin * Paul Kunigis as Samuel Badaszcs * Alexandre Sheasby as David Hermann-Dussault * Marcel Sabourin as Jean-Paul Dussault * Raymond Cloutier as Marlus * Michèle Dascain as Madame Kessel * Jean Cordier as Monsieur Ruben * Dorothée Berryman as Liliane Levy * Natalie Choquette Natalie Choquette (born 1959) is a French Canadian soprano. Life Choquette was born in Tokyo. She grew up in Lima, Peru, Boston, Rome, Montreal, and Moscow. Choquette studied at Institut Saint-Dominique. She graduated from Collège International ... as Natalie Colin / Hannah' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detour (2009 Canadian Film)
''Detour'' (french: Détour) is a Canadian thriller film, directed by Sylvain Guy and released in 2009. The film stars Luc Picard as Léo Huff, an assistant to a wealthy businesswoman who is travelling to Le Bic, Quebec to attend a meeting on his employer's proposal to build a tourist attraction in Bic National Park. There he meets Lou (Isabelle Guérard), a young woman who needs his help liberating herself from her abusive boyfriend Roch (Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge). The film opened commercially on September 18, 2009. Guérard received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw ... at the 12th Jutra Awards in 2010. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Breath (1999 Film)
''The Last Breath'' (french: Le Dernier souffle) is a Canadian drama film, released in 1999. Written by Joanne Arseneau and directed by Richard Ciupka, the film stars Luc Picard as Laurent Vaillancourt, a police officer from Montreal who travels to Arkansas to solve the murder of his brother Martin ( Michel Goyette). The film's cast also includes Julien Poulin, Serge Houde, Anik Matern and Paul Ahmarani. Awards The film garnered three Genie Award nominations at the 20th Genie Awards in 2000, including Best Overall Sound (Michel Descombes, Jo Caron, Gavin Fernandes and Michel Charron), Best Sound Editing (Louis Dupire, Diane Boucher, Jérôme Décarie, Christian Rivest and Alice Wright) and Best Original Song (Daniel Bélanger). Poulin won the Prix Jutra The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman Who Drinks
''The Woman Who Drinks'' (french: La Femme qui boit) is a Canadian drama film, released in 2001. Written and directed by Bernard Émond, the film stars Élise Guilbault as a woman struggling with alcoholism. Synopsis The film's cast also includes Luc Picard, Michel Forget, Fanny Mallette, Gilles Renaud and Patrice Robitaille. The film garnered five Genie Award nominations at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002: *Best Actress: Élise Guilbeault * Best Supporting Actor: Michel Forget *Best Director: Bernard Émond * Best Art Direction/Production Design: André-Line Beauparlant * Best Costume Design: Sophie Lefebvre Guilbeault won the award for Best Actress."Inuit film Atanarjuat wins five Genie Awards". ''Sudbury Star ''The Sudbury Star'' is a Canadian daily regional newspaper published in Sudbury, Ontario. It is owned by the media company, Postmedia. It is the largest daily paper in Northeastern Ontario by circulation. History The ''Sudbury Star'' began as ...'', February 8, 2002. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cap Tourmente (film)
''Cap Tourmente'' is a Canadian drama film, released in 1993."Cap Tourmente" '' Playback'', September 13, 1993. The film centres on Jeanne O'Neil ( Andrée Lachapelle), a single mother running a small in rural with her daughter Alfa (). The family's life is turned upside d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
