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Sasha Migliarese
Sasha Migliarese is a Canadian actress from Quebec. She is most noted for her performance as Meredith in the film ''My Friend Dino (Mon ami Dino)'', for which she was a Prix Iris nominee for Revelation of the Year at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2017.Charles-Henri Ramond"Les gagnants du Gala Québec Cinéma 2017" ''Films du Québec'', June 4, 2017. She has also appeared in the films ''Rebel (Recrue)'', '' Thanks for Everything (Merci pour tout)'', ''Mafia Inc.'', '' Maria'' and ''Bungalow'', and the television series ''Mensonges'', ''Ces gars-là'', ''District 31'', ''Portrait-Robot ''Portrait-Robot'' or ''The Sketch Artist'' is a French Canadian ten-part television crime drama series, which premiered on Club Illico on April 15, 2021. It was broadcast on Australian network, SBS-TV's streaming service, On Demand, from Dec ...'' and '' Mégantic''. References External links * 21st-century Canadian actresses Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is the largest province by area and the second-largest by population. Much of the population lives in urban areas along the St. Lawrence River, between the most populous city, Montreal, and the provincial capital, Quebec City. Quebec is the home of the Québécois nation. Located in Central Canada, the province shares land borders with Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast, and a coastal border with Nunavut; in the south it borders Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York in the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, Quebec was called ''Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, Quebec b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bungalow (2022 Film)
''Bungalow'' is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Lawrence Côté-Collins and released in 2022.Charles-Henri Ramond"Bungalow – Film de Lawrence Côté-Collins" ''Films du Québec'', April 6, 2023. The film stars Sonia Cordeau and Guillaume Cyr as Sarah and Jonathan, a young couple who buy their first house together, but find their relationship strained as they try to renovate it themselves to save money.Maxime Demers"Bungalow: une comédie noire délicieusement grinçante" ''Le Journal de Montréal'', April 6, 2023. The cast also includes Ève Landry, Geneviève Schmidt, Benoit Mauffette, Martin Larocque, Julie de Lafrenière, Florence Blain Mbaye, Sylvie Léonard, Alain Zouvi, Anaïs Favron Anaïs Favron (born January 11, 1977) is a Canadian radio and TV host, actress, and improviser. Biography Anaïs began her artistic career in television with small roles in the shows "Allô Prof", "Le bonheur est dans la télé" and "L'été ..., Sasha Migliarese and Alexand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From Quebec
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 Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian People Of Italian Descent
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] |
Canadian Television Actresses
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] |
Canadian Film Actresses
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 Actresses
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mégantic (TV Series)
''Mégantic'' is a Canadian television drama limited series, which premiered February 9, 2023, on Club Illico. Directed by Alexis Durand-Brault and written by Sylvain Guy, the eight-episode series centres on the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster of 2013, exploring the impact of the disaster with each episode centred principally around the story of an individual person or family. The series was based on personal testimonies from residents of Lac-Mégantic about the impact of the disaster, with some characters based closely on a real individual while others are composites of multiple stories; according to Durand-Brault, the creators actually used only about 10 to 15 percent of what they had learned from talking to the residents.Rachel Watts"Nearly 10 years after rail disaster, Lac-Mégantic residents watch new series but some say it's 'too soon'" CBC News Montreal, February 7, 2023. The cast includes Lauren Hartley, Olivier Gervais-Courchesne, Catherine Paquin-Béchard, Joakim Robillard, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait-Robot
''Portrait-Robot'' or ''The Sketch Artist'' is a French Canadian ten-part television crime drama series, which premiered on Club Illico on April 15, 2021. It was broadcast on Australian network, SBS-TV's streaming service, On Demand, from December 16, 2021. The series was co-created by Sophie Lorain (who also acts) with her spouse, Alexis Durand-Brault (who also directs). The action is set in Montreal, where the titular identikit or forensic sketch artist, Éve Garance ( Rachel Graton), profiles both suspects and victims for a police investigation unit. The unit's leader, Maryse Ferron (Lorain) is assisted by veteran detective, Bernard Dupin (Rémy Girard) and rookie crime scene technician, Anthony Kamal (Adrien Bélugou). Major story arcs are generally resolved in two episodes, while background stories continue across more episodes. According to Club Illico's press release, in October 2021, ''Portrait-Robot'', has been renewed for a second season. Premise Éve, a forensi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria (2021 Film)
''Maria'' is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Alec Pronovost and released in 2021.Charles-Henri Ramond"Maria – Film de Alec Pronovost" ''Films du Québec'', August 17, 2021. The film stars Mariana Mazza as Maria, an aimless young woman who takes a job as a substitute teacher in a high school after promising her dying mother that she will make an effort to accomplish something in her life, despite her lack of education in how to teach students. The cast also includes Alice Pascual, Florence Longpré, Isabel dos Santos, Louka Amadeo Bélanger-Leos, Arnaud Lemaire, Korine Côté, Rosalie Moreau, Liam Audet, Pascal Cameron, Laurent Lemaire, Isabella Villalba, Louis-Olivier Maufette, Christine Morency, Suzanne Champagne and Daphnée Côté-Hallé, as well as cameo appearances by René Richard Cyr, Kathleen Fortin, Yves Jacques and Diane Lavallée. The film premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival Fantasia International Film Festival (also known as Fantasia-fest, FanTasia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Friend Dino
''My Friend Dino'' (french: Mon ami Dino) is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by Jimmy Larouche and released in 2016. A fictionalized documentary about the life of Dino Tavarone, who spent four years in prison for drug trafficking before finding fame playing a mafia boss in the television series ''Omertà'' in the 1990s, the film focuses on his life in his 70s as he battles a serious illness. The film's cast also includes Michel Côté, Manuel Tadros, Joëlle Morin and Sasha Migliarese. Côté, Tadros and Morin played versions of themselves, while Migliarese played Tavarone's daughter Meredith.Brendan Kelly"Mon ami Dino: Q&A with actor Dino Tavarone" ''Montreal Gazette'', August 4, 2016. Migliarese received a Prix Iris 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] |
Mafia Inc
"Mafia" is an informal term that is used to describe criminal organizations that bear a strong similarity to the original “Mafia”, the Sicilian Mafia and Italian Mafia. The central activity of such an organization would be the arbitration of disputes between criminals as well as the organization and enforcement of illicit agreements between criminals through the use of or threat of violence. Mafias often engage in secondary activities such as gambling, loan sharking, drug-trafficking, prostitution, and fraud. In modern times, the 'Ndrangheta, originating in the Southern Italian region of Calabria, is widely considered the richest and most powerful mafia in the world. The term "mafia" was originally applied only to the Italian Mafia or specifically the original “Mafia”, the Sicilian Mafia, and the term originates in Sicily. However, the term has since expanded to encompass other organizations of similar methods and purpose, e.g., "the Russian Mafia" or "the Japanese Mafi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
