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Robert Ménard (director)
Robert Ménard is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He is most noted for his 1982 film ''A Day in a Taxi (Une journée en taxi)'', for which he was a Genie Award nominee for Canadian Screen Award for Best Director, Best Director at the 4th Genie Awards in 1983. His other films have included ''Exit (1986 film), Exit'',Matthew Fraser (journalist), Matthew Fraser, "Impressive cast can't save Exit". ''The Globe and Mail'', October 10, 1986. ''Cruising Bar'', ''You're Beautiful, Jeanne (T'es belle Jeanne)'', ''Love Crazy (1991 film), Love Crazy (Amoureux fou)'', ''Water Child (L'enfant d'eau)'', ''Cruising Bar 2'', ''A Happy Man (2009 film), A Happy Man (Le Bonheur de Pierre)'' and ''Stay with Me (2010 film), Stay with Me (Reste avec moi)''.Brendan Kelly, "Interconnected vignettes ebb and flow". ''Montreal Gazette'', November 5, 2010. He was married to Claire Wojas, his screenwriting collaborator on nearly all of his films, until her death in 2018. References External links< ... [...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] |
Cruising Bar 2
''Cruising Bar 2'' is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Robert Ménard and Michel Côté, and released in 2008. A sequel to the 1989 film ''Cruising Bar'', the film stars Côté as the same four separate characters he played in the original film, now dealing with much more middle-aged sexual and relationship issues. Gérard's wife Gertrude (Véronique Le Flaguais) has finally had enough of his constant infidelity, and is filing for divorce; Patrice is in a downward spiral after his girlfriend breaks up with him; Jean-Jacques is struggling with erectile dysfunction issues which have led his psychiatrist to suggest that he might actually be gay; Serge, perennially unlucky in love, tries Internet dating which may finally change his life for the better. The film's cast also includes Marie-France Duquette, Chantal Dauphinais, Lise Roy and Hélène Major. Awards Côté received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Actor at the 11th Jutra Awards, and the film's make-up team (Adrien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Quebecers
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Writers From Quebec
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Film Directors From Quebec
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Male Screenwriters
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Canadian Screenwriters In French
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 ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Canadian Screenwriters
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Claire Wojas
Claire Wojas (April 13, 1949 – May 19, 2018) was a Canadian screenwriter and film producer. She was most noted for the 1991 film '' Love Crazy (Amoureux fou)'', for which she received Genie Award nominations for both Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Song at the 12th Genie Awards in 1991. Her other credits included the films ''Cruising Bar'', ''You're Beautiful, Jeanne (T'es belle Jeanne)'', '' Water Child (L'enfant d'eau)'', '' Cruising Bar 2'' and '' Stay with Me (Reste avec moi)'',Brendan Kelly, "Interconnected vignettes ebb and flow". ''Montreal Gazette'', November 5, 2010. and the television series ''Un amour de quartier'', '' Jean Duceppe'' and ''Chartrand et Simonne''. She was married to Robert Ménard Robert Ménard (born 6 July 1953) is a French far-right politician, currently serving as Mayor of Béziers. Formerly a journalist, he was a co-founder of the Paris-based international non-governmental organisation Reporters Without Borders, actin ..., her cowri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stay With Me (2010 Film)
''Stay with Me'' (french: Reste avec moi) is a 2010 Canadian drama film, directed by Robert Ménard. An ensemble cast drama described by its director as a "choral" film, it tells five interrelated stories about various residents of Montreal who are struggling with their interpersonal relationships. Florian (Vincent Bilodeau) and Maggie (Danielle Proulx), are a couple whose relationship is tested by Maggie's struggle with alcoholism. Simon ( Louis Morissette) and Sophie (Maxim Roy) are a young couple whose joy at Sophie's first pregnancy turns to conflict when medical testing reveals that the baby has Down syndrome. Laurie (Julie Perreault) is the single mother of Ariane (Alexandra Sicard), who is drawn into a fight with the girl's father after she turns out to be allergic to the new kitten he bought her as a gift. Wilfrid Martin (Gérard Poirier) is a lonely older man struggling to cope with the recent death of his wife. Youssef (Joseph Antaki) and Fatima (Fariba Bonakdar) are an im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Happy Man (2009 Film)
''A Happy Man'' (french: Le Bonheur de Pierre) is a 2009 Canadian-French comedy-drama directed by Robert Ménard. It was entered into several film festivals including the Rhode Island International Film Festival. Moreover, it was chosen Best Foreign Film at the New York Independent Film Festival in 2009. The film is also known as A Happy Man. Plot French professor Pierre Martin is a widower who lives with his single daughter Catherine. When his aunt Jeanne dies she bequeathers him her guest house in Canada on condition he lives there for a minimum of time. He loves to comply because he has fond childhood memories of this place. In order to make his daughter Catherine accompany him he tells her a great deal of money was also part of Jeanne's heritage. So both of them hurry to the rural little town Sainte Simone du Nord in Canada. The mayor Michel Dolbec knows Jeanne's house will become property of their community if the two Martins don't hold out long enough. He sabotages them se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
