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Steve Laplante
Steve Laplante (born July 13, 1972) is a Canadian actor and writer from Quebec. He is most noted for his performance as David in the 2022 film ''Viking'', for which he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Lead Performance in a Film at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards, and won the Prix Iris for Best Actor at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards. In addition to his Prix Iris nod for ''Viking'', he was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor in the same year for ''Babysitter''.Vanessa Hébert"Voici les nominations du 25e Gala Québec Cinéma" ''7 Jours'', November 14, 2023. Originally from Drummondville, Quebec, he is a 1996 graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada. He first became widely known for his performance in a stage production of Wajdi Mouawad's play ''Tideline (Littoral)'', also later repeating the role in its 2004 film adaptation. In addition to his acting he has written a number of stage plays, the most noted of which, ''Le Long de la principale'' ... [...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] |
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] |
Like The Ones I Used To Know
''Like the Ones I Used to Know'' (french: Les grandes claques) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Annie St-Pierre and released in 2021. The film stars Steve Laplante as Denis, a recently divorced father who is struggling with his emotions as he prepares to pick up his kids, including daughter Julie ( Lilou Roy-Lanouette), at the home of his former in-laws on Christmas Eve. The cast also includes Larissa Corriveau, Laurent Lemaire, Jérémy Tremblay Boudreau, Alice Charbonneau, Émir Cloutier, Catherine Dumas, Amélie Grenier, Jérémie Jacob, Mingo L'Indien, Marc Larrivée and Gilles Pilon. The film premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Awards The film won the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2021 Saguenay International Short Film Festival, and the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2021 Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
And The Birds Rained Down
''And the Birds Rained Down'' (french: Il pleuvait des oiseaux) is a 2019 Canadian drama film, directed by Louise Archambault. An adaptation of the novel by Jocelyne Saucier, the film centres on a group of senior citizens living off-the-grid in a wilderness setting, whose orderly and quiet lives are threatened by changes in their personal group dynamics after the death of the group leader and the arrival of a new outsider. The film's cast includes Rémy Girard, Gilbert Sicotte, Andrée Lachapelle, Ève Landry, Louise Portal, Éric Robidoux, Marie-Ginette Guay and Kenneth Welsh. It was Lachapelle's final film role before her death, and one of the last film roles for Welsh before his. Premise Ted (Welsh), Charlie (Sicotte) and Tom (Girard) are three elderly men who have withdrawn from society, and are living off-the-grid at a wilderness cabin. Their only connection to the outside world is Steve (Éric Robidoux), the manager of a hotel in the nearby town who visits weekly to bring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Are Gold
''We Are Gold'' (french: Nous sommes Gold) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Éric Morin and released in 2019. The film stars Monia Chokri as Marianne, a successful indie rock musician returning to her hometown in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec for the first time since the death of her parents in a mining accident ten years earlier. The cast also includes Patrick Hivon, Vincent Bilodeau, Fabien Cloutier, Clare Coulter, Arsinée Khanjian, Alexis Martin, Emmanuel Schwartz, Steve Laplante and Catherine De Léan. The film received two Prix Iris nominations at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards, for Best Actor (Hivon) and Best Original Music ( Philippe B). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wintergreen (film)
''Wintergreen'' (french: Paparmane) is a Canadian short comedy-drama film, directed by Joëlle Desjardins Paquette and released in 2012. The film centres on the interaction between Jérôme (Steve Laplante), a parking station attendant who has never emotionally recovered from the death of his mother, and Camille (Sophie Desmarais), a singing telegram performer, whose lives are transformed by an ailing cat. The film premiered at the 2012 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. The film won the Golden Sheaf Award for Best Comedy at the 2012 Yorkton Film Festival, and was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2012."Rebelle, Goon, Cosmopolis among Canada's Top Ten: Honoured film titles will be shown at Lightbox from Jan. 4 to 13". ''Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Déserteur (2008 Film)
''Le déserteur'' is a 2008 Quebec feature film directed by Simon Lavoie. The film stars Émile Proulx-Cloutier, Raymond Cloutier, Danielle Proulx, Viviane Audet, Benoît Gouin and Gilles Renaud. It tells the story of Georges Guénette, a deserter from the Canadian Army during World War II, who was shot and killed by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Background Georges Guénette was a deserter from the Canadian Army and, like many French Canadians during World War II, an opponent of the war and conscription. In May 1944, a few months after Guénette deserted from the army, four Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers found Guenette in his father's farmhouse, in St-Lambert-de-Lévis (near Quebec City). He jumped out of a window and ran across the fields. Guénette fell, wounded "by a ricocheting bullet," and died without the last rites of the church. Two RCMP officers were later charged with manslaughter in Guénette's death, and the shooting was an issue in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Broken Line
''The Broken Line'' (french: La ligne brisée) is a Canadian sports drama film, directed by Louis Choquette and released in 2008. The film stars David Boutin and Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge as Sébastien Messier and Danny Demers, lifelong friends and competitive boxers whose relationship and career is tested when they accidentally hit a bicyclist with their car after a night of excess partying. The cast also includes Fanny Mallette, Jacynthe René, Benoît Gouin, Steve Laplante and Germain Houde. The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Sound Editing (Robert LaBrosse, France Lévesque, Guy Francoeur, Lucie Fortier, Lori Paquet) at the 29th Genie Awards, and a Jutra Award nomination for Best Cinematography ( Ronald Plante) at the 11th Jutra Awards.Odile Tremblay"Des Jutra sous le signe de la controverse" ''Le Devoir ''Le Devoir'' (, "Duty") is a French-language newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and throughout Canada. It was founded by journal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheech (film)
''Cheech'' is a 2006 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Patrice Sauvé (his feature film directorial debut) and written by François Létourneau, based on his own prior stage play ''Cheech, ou Les hommes de Chrysler sont en ville''. The film showed at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot Ron runs an escort service in a rundown part of Montreal. His murder leads to suspicion of a number of suspects. They include Cheech, the rival escort agency owner, and Stephanie, a prostitute who wants to leave the business. The film captures a day in the life of six people whose lives intersect in unexpected ways. Their quest for happiness will reveal each of them to one another in ways they never dreamed of. Recognition * 2007 – Nominated – Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (François Létourneau) * 2007 – Nominated – Genie Award for Best Achievement in Editing ( Michel Grou) * 2007 – Nominated – Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Scor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma Voisine Danse Le Ska
''Ma voisine danse le ska'' (lit. "My Neighbour Dances Ska") is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Nathalie Saint-Pierre and released in 2003.Charles-Henri Ramond"Ma voisine danse le ska – Film de Nathalie Saint-Pierre" ''Films du Québec'', February 5, 2009. The film stars Frédéric Desager as Auguste, a photographer grieving the recent death of his wife and child in an accident, who finds a new lease on life when he connects with his neighbour Isabelle (Alexandrine Agostini), a lonely single mother. The cast also includes Paul Buissonneau, Paule Baillargeon, Chantal Collin, Marianne Côté-Olyjnik, Marcelo Arroyo, Sylvie Belleau, Jean-Robert Bourdage, Paul-Patrick Charbonneau, Marie-Hélène Copti, Marie-Clément De Wit, France Galarneau, Alain Gendreau, Christine Harvey, Chantal Huard, Sophie Kobrynsky, Steve Laplante and Agnès Larouche in supporting roles. The film premiered in October 2003 at the Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival, before opening t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Globe And Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it falls slightly behind the ''Toronto Star'' in overall weekly circulation because the ''Star'' publishes a Sunday edition, whereas the ''Globe'' does not. ''The Globe and Mail'' is regarded by some as Canada's " newspaper of record". ''The Globe and Mail''s predecessors, '' The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' were both established in the 19th century. The former was established in 1844, while the latter was established in 1895 through a merger of ''The Toronto Mail'' and the ''Toronto Empire''. In 1936, ''The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' merged to form ''The Globe and Mail''. The newspaper was acquired by FP Publications in 1965, who later sold the paper to the Thomson Corporation in 1980. In 2001, the paper merged with broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamal Al-Solaylee
Kamal Al-Solaylee (born 1964) is a Canadian journalist, who published his debut book, ''Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes'', in 2012. He is currentldirectorof the School of Journalism, Writing, and Media at Canada's University of British Columbia. Born in Aden, his family went into exile in Beirut and Cairo following the British decolonization of Yemen in 1967."Reflections on growing up gay in Yemen" '''', 20 May 2012. Following a brief return to Yemen in his 20s, Al-Solaylee moved to London to complete his PhD in English, before moving to Canada. He has worked extensively as a journalist in Canada, including wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
