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Macha Grenon
Macha Grenon (born June 7, 1968) is a Canadian film and television actress."Macha Grenon, la rebelle discrète" . '' La Presse'', February 26, 2011. Born in , , Grenon's credits include roles in the television series '''', '' |
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 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom
''The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom'' is a 2011 Canadian coming-of-age film written and directed by Tara Johns and starring Macha Grenon, Gil Bellows and Julia Sarah Stone. Dolly Parton provides a voice cameo. Plot Elizabeth lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1976. She is nearly 12, which Marion, her mother, points out "makes you still 11". Elizabeth and her friend Annabelle are looking forward to their bodies maturing, including the possibility that they might get "big boobs" like Dolly Parton. Her father, Phil, answers her questions about the family's blood types for a school project. When the project is reviewed in her science class, it reveals that her blood type means that she is not her parents' natural child. She is angry and hurt, and dreams of the possibility of Dolly being her real mother. Annabelle's mother, Stella, who is active in the woman's movement, admires Dolly as a strong independent businesswoman, adding to Elizabeth's fantasy. Elizabeth tries to ride her bike to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From Montreal
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 Births
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * January 10 – John Gorton is sworn in as 19th Prime Minister of Australia, taking over from John McEwen after being elected leader of the Liberal Party the previous day, following the disappearance of Harold Holt. Gorton becomes the only Senator to become Prime Minister, though he immediately transfers to the House of Representatives through the 1968 Higgins by-election in Holt's vacant seat. * January 15 – The 1968 Belice earthquake in Sicily kills 380 and injures around 1,000. * January 21 ** Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh – One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins, ending on April 8. ** 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash: A U.S. B-52 Stratofortress crashes in Greenland, discharging 4 nuclear bombs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boundaries (2016 Film)
''Boundaries'' (french: Pays) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Chloé Robichaud and premiering at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. The film's central characters are Emily Price (Emily VanCamp), Danielle Richard ( Macha Grenon) and Félixe Nasser-Villeray (Nathalie Doummar). Félixe is a newly elected Canadian Member of Parliament who is part of a delegation to the small island nation of Besco to negotiate Canadian investment in the struggling nation's mining industry. Danielle is the country's president, and Emily is a mediator involved in the investment talks. The cast also includes Serge Houde, Rémy Girard, Micheline Lanctôt, Jean-Guy Bouchard and Alexandre Landry. The film was shot primarily in St. John's and Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April And The Twisted World
''April and the Extraordinary World'' (french: Avril et le Monde truqué, lit=April and the Deceptive World) is a 2015 animated alternate history film co-directed by Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci, co-written by Ekinci and Benjamin Legrand, and starring Marion Cotillard. Set in a dystopian steampunk world, the plot concerns a young scientist continuing her great grandfather's research and attempting to find her family, who have disappeared. Plot The film takes place in a world where Napoleon III was killed in a building explosion and the Franco-Prussian War was averted by his son's shrewd diplomacy. Over the next 70 years, the world's scientists disappear one by one, causing technological progress to grind to a halt and pollution to spiral out of control. In 1941, April Franklin, great-granddaughter of scientist Gustave Franklin, continues her family's work on a serum for ever-lasting life. So far, their only success has been April's pet cat Darwin, who has gained the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Child Prodigy
''The Child Prodigy'' (french: L'Enfant prodige) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Luc Dionne and released in 2010. A biographical drama about classical pianist André Mathieu, the film stars Guillaume Lebon as Mathieu in childhood and Patrick Drolet as Mathieu in adulthood. Its cast also includes Marc Labrèche as his father Rodolphe Mathieu, Macha Grenon as his mother Mimi Gagnon Mathieu and Karine Vanasse as his sister Camillette, as well as Lothaire Bluteau, François Papineau, Isabel Richer, Catherine Trudeau, Albert Millaire, Benoît Brière and Mitsou Gélinas in supporting roles. The film received two Jutra Award nominations at the 13th Jutra Awards in 2011, for Best Art Direction ( Michel Proulx) and Best Costume Design (Francesca Chamberland Francesca Chamberland is a Canadian costume designer. She began her career working in the wardrobe department on films including ''Some Girls'' (1988) and '' In Love and War'' (1996), eventually becoming wardrobe mast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Awake (2001 Film)
''Dead Awake'' (also released as ''Dead of the Night'') is a 2001 Canadian-American dark comedy thriller film made for television, directed by co-producer Marc S. Grenier and starring Stephen Baldwin, Macha Grenon and Michael Ironside. Synopsis Marketing executive Desmond Caine (Stephen Baldwin) is stricken with a bizarre form of insomnia, spending his nights walking the city's dangerous streets at night. Caine ends up at a local deli where he encounters some unusual characters: a nice, if bit lost, young woman (Macha Grenon) and a slightly deranged man who looks homeless (Michael Ironside), and an anti-social policeman. During one of his half-hallucinogenic journeys, Caine witnesses a brutal murder. He finds the victim's watch and goes to the police. Returning to the scene, there is no sign of the crime. Stranger still, Caine's girlfriend (Maxim Roy) is completely unaware that he gets up at night and wanders the city, while his personal assistant ( Janet Kidder) seems to kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Family Pack (2000 Film)
''Family Pack'' (french: Que faisaient les femmes pendant que l'homme marchait sur la lune?, lit. "What Did Women Do When Men Walked on the Moon?") is a 2000 drama film, directed by Chris Vander Stappen.Lisa Nesselson"Family Pack" ''Variety'', November 19, 2000. Plot July 1969. After two years in Canada, Sacha is back in her small city in Belgium. She has two disruptive news for her family. The first is that instead of being married or at least engaged, she has a lesbian Canadian girlfriend; and the second is not better: instead of studying radiology in Montreal, she abandoned the studies despite the fact that her family had made huge sacrifices. Cast * Marie Bunel as Sacha Kessler * Hélène Vincent as Esther Kessler * Mimie Mathy as Elisa Kessler * Tsilla Chelton as Lea * Macha Grenon as Odile * Christian Crahay as Oscar Kessler * Emmanuel Bilodeau Emmanuel Bilodeau (born August 29, 1964) is a Canadian actor from Quebec. He is most noted for his performances in the 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ideal Man
''The Ideal Man'' (french: L'Homme idéal) is a Canadian romantic comedy film, directed by George Mihalka and released in 1996. The film stars Marie-Lise Pilote as Lucie, a successful magazine editor who feels her biological clock ticking as she has reached the age of 35 without becoming a mother, and sets out on a quest to meet as many men as possible over the next three months in the hopes of finally finding the ideal man to father a child. The film's cast also includes Roy Dupuis, Macha Grenon, Linda Sorgini, Pauline Lapointe, Denis Bouchard, Patrice L'Ecuyer, Joe Bocan, Rita Lafontaine, Martin Drainville and Rémy Girard. The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 18th Genie Awards, for Best Original Score ( François Dompierre) and Best Original Song (Dompierre and Luc Plamondon Luc Plamondon, OC, CQ (b. March 2, 1942 in Saint-Raymond, Quebec), is a French-Canadian lyricist and music executive. He is best known for his work on the musicals ''Starmania'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mistaken Identity (film)
''Mistaken Identity'' (french: Erreur sur la personne), also sometimes billed as ''Mistaken Person'', is a Canadian thriller film, directed by Gilles Noël and released in 1996. The film stars Michel Côté as Charles Renard, a police officer returning to work for the first time since being left hearing impaired by a bullet wound to the head. He is assigned to investigate Maria (Macha Grenon), an actress who is robbing men to finance a stage production of August Strindberg's ''Miss Julie''. The film's cast also includes Paul Doucet, Marie-Andrée Corneille, Robert Gravel, Paul Savoie and Luc Picard. At the 17th Genie Awards, Corneille was nominated for Best Supporting Actress."Quebec dominates Genie nominations: Lilies in running for 14 awards, Le Polygraphe for nine". ''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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Myth Of The Male Orgasm
''The Myth of the Male Orgasm'' is a Canadian romantic comedy film, directed by John Hamilton and released in 1993."The Myth of the Male Orgasm" '''', October 18, 1993. The film stars Bruce Dinsmore as Jimmy Rovinski, a man whose lack of success with women leads him to sign up for a feminist study on male attitudes about sex and romance conducted by project leader "Jane Doe" (). The cast also includes |
