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Pascale Bussières
Pascale Bussières (born June 27, 1968) is a French Canadian actress. Life and work Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Pascale Bussières first attracted attention as a suicidal teenager in Micheline Lanctôt’s 1984 film '' Sonatine''; however, it was ''Blanche'', the 1993 Radio-Canada series directed by Charles Binamé that gave her star status in Quebec. After ''Blanche'', and then a lead in Binamé’s Generation-X picture ''Eldorado'', Bussières became the 1990s heir to Geneviève Bujold and Carole Laure – the most charismatic actress of her generation. It's a measure of Bussières's range as an actress that her follow-up to ''Eldorado'' was the role of a prim-and-proper mythology teacher who discovers her lesbian desires in Patricia Rozema's ''When Night Is Falling''. She also gives a standout performance as an alienated fashion model who wants to conceive a child in Denis Villeneuve's debut feature, ''August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre)'', and won both the 200 ... [...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] |
Alys Robi
Alice Robitaille (February 3, 1923 – May 28, 2011), from Quebec City, "petite Alys" (little Alys), was a French Canadian singer mainly remembered for her later French interpretations of Latin American songs, who performed under the stage name Alys Robi. Youth Born in 1923 in the Quebec City neighbourhood of Saint-Sauveur, Robitaille displayed talent for singing and acting at a very young age. She first performed on-stage at the Capitol Theatre at 7. At the time, she had already sung on-air with the CHRC radio station and was a real phenomenon in the whole city. Career At 13 she moved to the Théâtre National, on Montreal's Saint Catherine Street. Under the direction of Rose Ouellette, she learned acting and singing during a 75-week engagement. She continued her career in the Montreal cabarets, making radio appearances. For a time during the war, she also hosted a French radio show named ''Tambour battant'' ("Rumbling drum"). Touring Canadian military bases propelled her car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Replay (2001 Film)
''Replay'' (french: La répétition) is a 2001 French-Canadian drama film directed by Catherine Corsini. It was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Plot ''La Répétition'' tracks the intimate on-and-off friendship between a stage actress (Béart) and her doormat disciple (Bussières). A French film with some Canadian actors and financing. Cast * Emmanuelle Béart as Nathalie * Pascale Bussières as Louise * Dani Levy as Matthias (as Dani Lévy) * Jean-Pierre Kalfon as Walter Amar * Sami Bouajila as Nicolas * Marilu Marini as Mathilde * Clément Hervieu-Léger as Sacha * Marc Ponette as Alain * Raphaël Neal as Patrick * Sébastien Gorteau as Jean-Philippe * Vincent Macaigne as Henri References External links * 2001 films 2001 drama films 2001 LGBT-related films 2000s French-language films French drama films French LGBT-related films Films directed by Catherine Corsini Lesbian-related films LGBT-related drama films 2000s French films {{LGBT-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XChange (film)
''XChange'' (also spelled: ''Xchange'' and ''X Change'') is a 2000 Canadian science fiction thriller film directed by Allan Moyle and starring Stephen Baldwin, Kyle MacLachlan, Kim Coates, Pascale Bussières, and Janet Kidder. Plot In the future, where it's faster to travel by exchanging bodies with someone at the destination, a man's body is hijacked by a ruthless terrorist. Toffler (Kim Coates), a member of the privileged "Corpie" (corporate) class, accidentally ends up in the body of a terrorist named Fisk (Kyle MacLachlan), who has in turn taken over Toffler's original body. Unable to continue as Fisk, Toffler is forced to use a cloned body (Stephen Baldwin Stephen Andrew Baldwin (born May 12, 1966) is an American actor, producer and director. He has appeared in the films '' Born on the Fourth of July'' (1989), '' Posse'' (1993), '' 8 Seconds'' (1994), ''Threesome'' (1994), ''The Usual Suspects'' ...) with a limited lifespan, in order to track down Fisk and get his o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Between The Moon And Montevideo
''Between the Moon and Montevideo'' is a Canadian science fiction film, directed by Attila Bertalan and released in 2000. Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . pp. 25-26. The film is set on a small asteroid orbiting between the Earth and the Moon, which has been settled by humans as a mining colony; poverty and despair are rampant, but the only way to return to Earth is a rocket belonging to Russian gangsters who charge far more money for passage than anybody but El Señor (Armando Fernandez Soler), the leader of the colony, can ever hope to attain. Bertalan himself stars as Tobi, a scrap dealer who teams up with hustler Tony-Lee (Russell Yuen) in a plan to steal El Señor's money so that he can return home to Montevideo.Glen Schaefer, "Wacky and witless with fine acting". ''The Province'', June 1, 2001. The film also stars Gérard Gagnon as Louis, an enforcer for the gangsters, and Pascale Bussières as Juta, Louis's girlfriend who is sympathetic t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Girls Can't Swim
''Girls Can't Swim'' (french: Les Filles ne savent pas nager) is a 2000 French coming of age drama film. The film had its world premiere at the 2000 Montreal World Film Festival and was released in France on 18 October of that year. It was given a limited theatrical release in the United States on 19 April 2002. Plot Gwen is a teenager living in a coastal town in Brittany; Lise is her city-living best friend. They meet up each summer as Lise's family visits. This year's visit is different though - Lise is dealing with her distant father's death, and Gwen has become promiscuous with boys, which threatens to affect the girls' friendship. Cast * Isild Le Besco as Gwen * Karen Alyx as Lise * Pascale Bussières as Céline * Pascal Elso as Alain * Marie Rivière as Anne-Marie * Yelda Reynaud as Solange * Sandrine Blancke as Vivianne * Julien Cottereau as Frédo * Dominique Lacarrière as Rose Reception Stephen Holden of the New York Times said "''Girls Can't Swim'' ultimately lacks th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pandora's Beauty
''Pandora's Beauty'' (french: La Beauté de Pandore) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Charles Binamé and released in 2000. The film stars Jean-François Casabonne as Vincent, a man whose unhappy marriage to Ariane (Maude Guérin) leads him to have an extramarital affair with Pandora (Pascale Bussières), only to witness his life falling apart after Pandora reveals that she is HIV-positive. The cast also includes Annie Dufresne, Pascale Montpetit, Annick Bergeron, Diane Lavallée and James Hyndman. The film was shot in 1999 in and around Montreal, Quebec, with a small amount of location filming at Lake Powell in Arizona. It premiered on February 17, 2000 at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois. Bergeron received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 21st Genie Awards. The film received two Prix Jutra nominations at the 3rd Jutra Awards, for Best Supporting Actress (Guérin) and Best Original Music (Ned Bouhalassa, François Bruneau and Jean-Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memories Unlocked
''Memories Unlocked'' (french: Souvenirs intimes) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jean Beaudin and released in 1999. Based on the novel ''Homme invisible à la fenêtre'' by Monique Proulx, the film stars James Hyndman as Max, a paraplegic artist whose ex-girlfriend Lucie (Pascale Bussières) returns several years after their breakup to accuse him of rape. The film's cast also includes Pierre-Luc Brillant, Yves Jacques, Louise Portal, Michel Charette, Marcel Sabourin and Sébastien Huberdeau. The film received four Genie Award nominations at the 20th Genie Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay (Beaudin, Proulx), Best Cinematography (Pierre Gill), Best Art Direction/Production Design (François Séguin) and Best Overall Sound (Serge Beauchemin, Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Hans Peter Strobl)."The Nominees". ''Edmonton Journal'', December 8, 1999. It received five Prix Jutra nominations at the 2nd Jutra Awards, for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Jacques), Best Cinematograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Set Me Free (1999 Film)
''Set Me Free'' (french: Emporte-moi) is a 1999 Canadian coming-of-age drama film by Léa Pool and starring Karine Vanasse. It tells the story of Hanna, a girl struggling with her sexuality and the depression of both her parents as she goes through puberty in Quebec in 1963. The film heavily references the French new-wave film ''Vivre sa vie'' by Jean-Luc Godard. The film won critical acclaim and several awards, both for Pool and Vanasse, including being named the year's best Canadian feature by the Toronto Film Critics Association. Plot In 1963, Hanna, a 13-year old girl, is living on a farm in rural Quebec with her grandparents and uncle (who apparently has a developmental disability such as Down Syndrome) when she gets her first period. Soon after, she interrupts family dinner when her father calls her, much to her grandmother's annoyance. The onset of puberty (and her grandmother's relatively non-supportive explanation of it), as well as hearing from her father, trigger her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streetheart (film)
''Streetheart'' (french: Le cœur au poing) is a 1998 film that was awarded the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 1998. It was directed by French Canadian director Charles Binamé. Cast Awards *1998 Pascale Montpetit won ''Best Actress'' at the Jutra Awards *1998 Pascale Montpetit won ''Best Actress'' at the Mons International Festival of Love Films *1998 Anne-Marie Cadieux won ''Best Supporting Actress'' at the Jutra Awards *1998 Charles Binamé won ''Best Director'' at the 33rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival *1998 The film won the '' Crystal Globe'' at the 33rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival *1998 Charles Binamé and Monique Proulx won ''Best Canadian Screenplay'' at the Vancouver International Film Festival The Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) is an annual film festival held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, for two weeks in late September and early October. The festival is operated by the Greater Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When I Will Be Gone
''When I Will Be Gone'' (french: L'Âge de braise) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jacques Leduc and released in 1998. The film stars Annie Girardot as Caroline Bonhomme, an elderly woman who is preparing for death.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 238. The cast also includes France Castel, Pascale Bussières, Domini Blythe, Widemir Normil, Denise Bombardier and Jean-Guy Bouchard. The film was inspired in part by the death of Leduc's own mother.Charles-Henri Ramond"Age de braise, L’ – Film de Jacques Leduc" ''Films du Québec'', December 29, 2008. Pierre Letarte received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Cinematography at the 1st Jutra Awards The 1st Jutra Awards were held on March 7, 1999 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 1998."Red Violin makes sweet Jutra music: Wins nine awards, including best picture, best director". ''Montreal Gazette'', Mar ... in 1999. References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twilight Of The Ice Nymphs
''Twilight of the Ice Nymphs'' is a 1997 fantasy romance film directed by Guy Maddin. The screenplay was written by George Toles and inspired by the novel '' Pan'' (1894) by Knut Hamsun, with an additional literary touchstones being the short story " La Vénus d'Ille" (1837) by Prosper Mérimée.Beard, William. ''Into the Past: The Cinema of Guy Maddin''. Toronto: U of Toronto P, 2010. Print. ''Twilight of the Ice Nymphs'' was Maddin's second feature film in colour and his first shot in 35 mm, on a budget of $1.5 million. As seen in Noam Gonick's documentary ''Waiting for Twilight'', Maddin was dissatisfied with the filmmaking process due to creative interference from his producers. Plot A newly released prisoner, Peter Glahn, returns home to the land of Mandragora, where the sun never sets. Aboard the ship, Glahn has a romantic encounter with Juliana Kossel, then proceeds to the family ostrich farm, which is run by his sister Amelia. Amelia is in love with Dr. Isaac Solti, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
