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Paul Doucet
Paul Doucet (born 1970) is a Canadian actor known for his portrayal of Jean Duceppe in ''Jean Duceppe''. Early life Doucet was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1970. He studied drama at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Career His most recent work includes a leading role in ''The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons)'' and its sequel ''The 3 L'il Pigs 2''. Other roles include Camil DesRoches in '' The Rocket (Maurice Richard)'', ''Bittersweet Memories (Ma vie en cinémascope)'', '' Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion'', '' All Souls'', Mr. Meyer in ''À vos marques... party! 2'', Benoît in ''Filière 13'', ''Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis'' mini-series as Ed Schlossberg, the prime minister in ''My Internship in Canada (Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre)'' and '' Canada: A People's History'' as Jean de Brébeuf. Personal life Doucet's daughter is child actress Camille Felton Camille Felton (born October 21, 1999 in Laval, Quebec) is a Canadian actress. She is known for he ... [...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] |
A People's History
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Garde (film)
''La Garde'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Sylvain Archambault and released in 2014. The film stars Paul Doucet as Luc Bissailon, a father who abducts his son Samuel {Antoine L'Écuyer) after losing custody in his separation from ex-wife Sylvie ( Sandrine Bisson). He takes Samuel to a wilderness location on a hunting trip, only for Samuel to be forced to walk back to town to seek medical help after an accident with the gun results in Luc getting shot. The film opened in theatres on April 4, 2014. Danielle Huard received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Makeup at the 17th Jutra Awards The 17th Jutra Awards were held on March 15, 2015 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2014. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exile (2012 Film)
''Exile'' (french: Exil) is a 2012 Canadian drama film, directed by Charles-Olivier Michaud.Charles-Henri Ramond"Exil – Film de Charles-Olivier Michaud" ''Films du Québec'', May 27, 2014. The film stars Francis Cleophat as Samuel, a teenager in Haiti who is left alone after his father is kidnapped by government forces; learning that his mother whom he had long been told was dead is in fact still alive and merely ran off to the United States, he embarks on a quest to find her, and is helped by various "guardian angels" as he travels to Miami, New York City and Montreal in his search.Brendan Kelly, "Haitian boy searches in silence; Protectors watch over him in quest to find mother". ''Montreal Gazette'', June 27, 2014. The film's cast also includes Paul Doucet, Julie Le Breton, Stephen McHattie, Maxime Dumontier and Ralph Prosper, and includes narration by writer and broadcaster Stanley Péan. Brendan Kelly of the ''Montreal Gazette'' reviewed the film favourably, writing that al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fear Of Water (2011 Film)
''Fear of Water'' (french: La Peur de l'eau) is a Canadian thriller drama film, directed by Gabriel Pelletier and released in 2011.Charles-Henri Ramond"Peur de l’eau, La – Film de Gabriel Pelletier" ''Films du Québec'', January 7, 2012. The film stars Pierre-François Legendre as André Surprenant, a police officer in the Magdalen Islands who is investigating the rape and murder of the mayor's daughter Rosalie ( Stéphanie Lapointe).André Duchesne"La peur de l'eau, film d'horreur?" '' La Presse'', October 4, 2012. The film's cast also includes Brigitte Pogonat, Sandrine Bisson, Isabelle Cyr, Paul Doucet, Normand D'Amour, Pierre-Luc Brillant, Germain Houde and Pascale Bussières. The film was inspired by, but not a direct adaptation of, Jean Lemieux's crime novel ''On finit toujours par payer''. The film had its theatrical premiere in November 2011, before going into commercial release in January 2012. Awards The film received two Jutra Award nominations at the 14th Jutra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The Beat (2011 Film)
''On the Beat'' (french: Sur le rythme) is a Canadian film by director Charles-Olivier Michaud, released on 10 August 2011. The lead actors are Nico Archambault in the role of Marco Polo Painchaud and Mylène Saint-Sauveur in the role of Delphine Lamarre. Many of the supporting cast of dancers were friends of Archambault.Article by Eric Clément in Montreal ''La Presse'': ''Sur le rythme'': à la cadence de Nico Sixty dancers from , , |
Thrill Of The Hills
''Thrill of the Hills'' (french: Frisson des collines) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Richard Roy and released in 2011. Set in Quebec in the late 1960s, the film stars Antoine Olivier Pilon as Frisson, a young boy whose father Aurèle (Patrice Robitaille) is killed in a workplace accident, who responds to his grief by enlisting his father's friend Tom (Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge) to take him to Woodstock so that he can see his musical idol, Jimi Hendrix, perform. The cast also includes Anick Lemay as Frisson's mother Lucille; Antoine Bertrand as Burger, the village idiot of their small town; and Evelyne Brochu as Hélène, Frisson's teacher at school on whom he is developing a crush as he enters puberty. The film entered production in late summer 2010, and the film had its theatrical premiere on April 15, 2011. Awards The film won a jury award at the Schlingel International Film Festival in 2011. It received four Prix Jutra nominations at the 14th Quebec Cinem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funkytown (film)
''Funkytown'' is a 2011 Canadian drama film directed by Daniel Roby and written by Steve Galluccio."Quebec filmmakers take viewers to Funkytown of '70s Montreal" '''', March 4, 2011. starring , , |
The Trotsky
''The Trotsky'' is a 2009 Canadian comedy film directed and written by Jacob Tierney and starring Jay Baruchel, Emily Hampshire, Colm Feore, Saul Rubinek, and Michael Murphy. Plot High School student Leon Bronstein believes that he is the reincarnation of the socialist revolutionary Leon Trotsky, whose birth name was Bronstein. Shortly after he starts to work in his family's clothing factory, he attempts to unionize the workplace with such actions as a hunger strike. He is pulled from his upper-class private school by his father and sent to the public school system. The school is run by the strong-willed principal Mr. Berkhoff and overly disiplinarian vice-principal Mrs. Davis. On the first day on school Leon witnesses given students detentions for minor offences. After school he joins the detained students in solidarity. Meanwhile, he seeks romance with an older law school graduate student, Alexandra. Cast * Jay Baruchel as Leon Bronstein, a 17-year-old high school student * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waitresses Wanted
''Waitresses Wanted'' (french: Serveuses demandées) is a 2008 Canadian drama film starring Clara Furey, Janaina Suaudeau and Colm Feore. It was written and directed by Guylaine Dionne. ''Films du Québec'', December 16, 2008. Plot Priscilla Paredes, a Brazilian native takes a job as a stripper in order to stay in Montreal after her student visa expires.Cast * Janaina Suaudeau as Priscilla * as Milagro * as Sergeant Conner * |
Wicker Park (film)
''Wicker Park'' is a 2004 American romantic thriller drama film directed by Paul McGuigan and starring Josh Hartnett, Rose Byrne, Diane Kruger and Matthew Lillard. It is a remake of the 1996 French film ''L'Appartement'', which in turn is loosely based on Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. It was nominated for the Grand Prix at the Montreal World Film Festival, the city in which the film was partially filmed. The title refers to the Wicker Park neighborhood on Chicago's near northwest side. Plot Matt Simon, a young advertising executive, returns to Chicago with his fiancée Rebecca, after spending the last two years in New York. He bumps into his old friend Luke on the way into a meeting at a restaurant, in preparation for a business trip to China. Once inside, Matt thinks he overhears Lisa, the beautiful dancer he was in love with two years before, who had vanished overnight. Unable to confront the woman he believes may be Lisa, he blows off the trip and instead emba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life After Love (film)
''Life After Love'' (french: La vie après l'amour) is a 2000 Canadian romantic comedy film, directed by Gabriel Pelletier. The film stars Michel Côté as Gilles, a man who is desperately trying to win back the love of his ex-wife Sophie ( Sylvie Léonard) after she leaves him for another man. The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 21st Genie Awards, for Best Supporting Actor (Patrick Huard) and Best Costume Design ( Denis Sperdouklis). It received five Prix Jutra nominations at the 3rd Jutra Awards, for Best Film, Best Actor (Côté), Best Supporting Actor (Huard), Best Supporting Actress (Guylaine Tremblay) and Best Screenplay (Ken Scott), as well as winning the ''Billet d'or'' as the year's top-grossing Quebec film."Maelstrom wins eight Jutra awards at celebration of Quebec cinema". Canadian Press The Canadian Press (CP; french: La Presse canadienne, ) is a Canadian national news agency headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Established in 1917 as a vehicle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
