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The Vultures (1975 Film)
''The Vultures'' () is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jean-Claude Labrecque and released in 1975.Odile Tremblay"Les «vautours» au temps de Duplessis" ''Le Devoir'', May 9, 2017. Set in 1958 near the end of the Maurice Duplessis era in Quebec politics, the film centres on Louis Pelletier (Gilbert Sicotte), a young man whose mother has just died, and who is coping with a trio of aunts who are much more interested in what they stand to inherit from their sister's estate than in supporting their nephew.André Duchesne"Projection spéciale pour Les vautours" '' La Presse'', May 7, 2017. Labrecque released a sequel film, ''The Years of Dreams and Revolt (Les Années de rêves)'', in 1984. Cast * Gilbert Sicotte : ''Louis Pelletier'' * Jean Duceppe : ''Maurice Duplessis, Premier Ministre du Québec'' * Monique Mercure : ''Tante Yvette Laflamme'' * Carmen Tremblay : ''Tante Marie Roberge'' * Amulette Garneau : ''Tante Adèle McKenzie'' * Jean Mathieu : ''Oncle John McKenzie'' * D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Claude Labrecque
Jean-Claude Labrecque, (June 19, 1938 – May 31, 2019) was a director and cinematographer who learned the basics of filmmaking at the National Film Board of Canada. Career Jean-Claude Labrecque was born in Quebec City, Quebec, and trained as a camera assistant at the NFB. As a cinematographer, he shot many of the early key films of Claude Jutra (''À tout prendre''), Michel Brault ('' Entre la mer et l’eau douce''), Gilles Carle ('' La vie heureuse de Léopold Z''), Gilles Groulx ('' Le Chat dans le sac'') and Don Owen (''Notes for a Film About Donna and Gail'', '' The Ernie Game''). He turned to directing in 1965 with '' 60 Cycles'', about a long-distance bike race on the North Shore of the St. Lawrence River, which has been described as a virtual encyclopedia of camera techniques. It won 22 international awards and was nominated for a BAFTA. He left the NFB in 1967 to set-up his own production company, although he continued to freelance with the Board. Throughout his len ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Lafontaine
Rita Lafontaine (8 June 1939 – 4 April 2016) was a Canadian theatre, film, and television actor. Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. She has been described as the muse of playwright Michel Tremblay and director André Brassard. Her career spanned over fifty years and left an "indelible mark on Québec theatre, film and television". She is a four-time recipient of the Gémeaux Award; three times for Best Lead Actress and once for Best Supporting Actress. She was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2005 and an Officer of the National Order of Quebec in 2011. Early life Lafontaine was born on 8 June 1939 in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Career In the 1960s, Lafontaine joined the Mouvement Contemporain and worked closely with playwright Michel Tremblay and director André Brassard. In 1966, the trio produced ''Cinq'', an early version of ''En pièces détachées'' at Le Patriote-en-Haut in Montreal. Their first professionally produced show was ''Les Belles-sœurs'' which prem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Drama Films
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Films Directed By Jean-Claude Labrecque
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 sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Films
The year 1975 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films North America The top ten 1975 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: International The highest-grossing 1975 films in countries outside of North America. Worldwide gross The following table lists known worldwide gross figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1975. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1975. This list also includes gross revenue from later re-releases. Events *March 26: The film version of The Who's ''Tommy'' premieres in London. *May: In order to create the necessary special effects for his film, ''Star Wars'', George Lucas forms Industrial Light and Magic. *June 20: ''Jaws'' is released and becomes the highest-grossing movie of all-time and the highest-grossing movie of the year and the first movie to earn $100 million in US and Canadian theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Bilodeau (actor)
Ancient and noble French family names, Jacques, Jacq, or James are believed to originate from the Middle Ages in the historic northwest Brittany region in France, and have since spread around the world over the centuries. To date, there are over one hundred identified noble families related to the surname by the Nobility & Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Origins The origin of this surname ultimately originates from the Latin, Jacobus which belongs to an unknown progenitor. Jacobus comes from the Hebrew name, Yaakov, which translates as "one who follows" or "to follow after". Ancient history A French knight returning from the Crusades in the Holy Lands probably adopted the surname from "Saint Jacques" (or "James the Greater"). James the Greater was one of Jesus' Twelve Apostles, and is believed to be the first martyred apostle. Being endowed with this surname was an honor at the time and it is likely that the Church allowed it because of acts during the Crusades. Indeed, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolande Roy
Yolande or Yolanta may refer to: Royalty and nobility *Yolande of Aragon (other), several people * Yolande de Montferrat (c.1274–1317), Byzantine Empress consort *Yolande de Courtenay (c.1200–1233), wife of Andrew II of Hungary *Yolande of Jerusalem or Isabella II of Jerusalem (1212–1228), queen of Jerusalem *Yolanda of Vianden (1231–1283), daughter of Count Henry I of Vianden, Luxembourg; prioress of Marienthal from 1258 *Yolande de Dreux, Queen of Scotland (1263–1330) *Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine (1428–1483) *Yolande of Valois (1434–1478), Duchess of Savoy Other people *Yolande E. Chan, Jamaican-Canadian information systems professor *Yolande Dalpé (born 1948), Canadian mycologist *Yolande Grisé (born 1944), Canadian historian and writer *Yolande Mabika (born 1987), Congolese-born Brazilian judoka Fictional *Yolande (Greyhawk), an elven queen in the ''World of Greyhawk'' setting of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' *Yolande Perraudin, a school nurse in the French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Groulx
Georges Groulx (June 26, 1922 – February 9, 1997) was a Canadian actor. Biography Groulx was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.George Groulx on lesgensducinema.com He performed his classical studies at the college Cégep de Saint-Laurent, where he soon showed a strong interest in theater. He was noticed by Father Émile Legault, a theatrical animator who had founded in 1937 the pioneering company Compagnons de Saint-Laurent. In 1939, at the invitation of Father Legault and his sister Marguerite (first actress to join the cast), Groulx joined the company. Initially assigned to various tasks, such as [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Robert
Philippe Robert (born June 24, 1953) is a French photographer. His work includes portraits, fashion, and advertising photos. Career Education and influences Philippe Robert was born in Lille and graduated from the Institute for Advanced Cinematographic Studies in Paris ( Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques - IDHEC, 1979 cohort) where he had Henri Alekan as one of his teachers. During his studies he started to work for French television on the television show of Jean-Christophe Averty and on Giuseppe Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra, directed by Giorgio Strehler at Paris National Opera. After graduating from IDHEC, he enrolled at UCLA Film School and did an internship on ''Postman always rings twice'' directed by Bob Rafelson and starring Jack Nicholson. Early career From 1981 to 1986, Philippe Robert worked between Europe and The United States on a French television show dedicated to the cinema – ''Etoiles et Toiles'', produced by Frédéric Mitterrand (the futu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilles Pelletier
Gilles Pelletier, OC (March 22, 1925 – September 5, 2018) was a Canadian actor. Career Pelletier appeared in over 50 film and television productions between 1951 and 2016. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Corporal Jacques Gagnier in the police drama '' R.C.M.P.'' Among his film credits are Alfred Hitchcock's '' I Confess'' (1953), the Denys Arcand films ''Jesus of Montreal'' (1989) and ''The Barbarian Invasions'' (2003), and the short film '' Noël Blank'' (2003). In 1964, he founded the Nouvelle Compagnie théâtrale, a live theatre for youths and served as director for fifteen years. Personal life Pelletier is the brother of Denise Pelletier, a stage actress, whose name was given to the Prix Denise-Pelletier in 1998, for cultural and scientific achievements of French Canadians, which was awarded to Glles for his lifetime career in the theatre. Pelletier was named Officer of the Order of Canada on July 11, 1988 for his services to drama Drama is the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Arcand
Gabriel Arcand (born June 4, 1949) is a Canadian actor. He is the brother of film director Denys Arcand. After studying philosophy at McGill University, Arcand spent his formative professional years at La Criée in Marseilles, France, and later in Poland where he studied theatre. Since he made his 1973 screen debut in his brother's first feature, '' La Maudite Galette'', he established himself as Quebec’s iconic strong, silent type and has given subtle but powerful performances in a wide range of films such as ''Réjeanne Padovani'', ''Les Plouffe'', ''Le Crime d’Ovide Plouffe'', ''Le Déclin de l’empire américain'', ''Post Mortem'' and Congorama. He won the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's award for Best Actor at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985 for his performance in ''The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe)'' and at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014 for ''The Dismantling (Le Démantèlement)'', and the award for Best Supporting Actor at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy L'Écuyer
Guy L'Écuyer (July 26, 1931 - September 20, 1985) was a Canadian actor from Montreal, Quebec. He was most noted for his performance in André Forcier's 1983 film ''Au clair de la lune'', for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at the 5th Genie Awards in 1984. Following his death in 1985, the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma launched the Prix Guy-L'Écuyer, which was presented to the year's best acting performance in a Quebec film, in his memory. The award was presented until the organization created the comprehensive Jutra Awards program in 1999. He was the grandfather of actor Antoine L'Écuyer Antoine L'Écuyer (born March 26, 1997 in Montreal, Quebec) is a French Canadian actor known for his lead role of Léon Doré in ''It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure!)'' for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Atlantic Film Fest ....Patrick Delisle-Crevier"Antoine L’Écuyer explique comment il s’est préparé pour son rôle dans «Mon fils»" '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
