''Alice's Odyssey'' (french: L'Odyssée d'Alice Tremblay) is a Canadian family comedy fantasy film, directed by
Denise Filiatrault
Denise Filiatrault, (born May 16, 1931) is a Canadian actress and director.
Biography
Filiatrault attained star status on TV in the 1960s, co-starring with Dominique Michel in the Radio-Canada television series '' Moi et l'autre'' (1967–71) a ...
and released in 2002. The film stars
Sophie Lorain
Sophie Lorain (born Sophie-Hélène Lorain; 20 November 1957) is a French-Canadian actress, director and producer. She is known for having played Anne Fortier in the highly rated television series '' Fortier'' that first aired in Quebec, Can ...
as Alice Tremblay, a single mother who becomes drawn into the
fairy tale
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that she is reading to her young daughter as a bedtime story.
The cast also includes
Martin Drainville
Martin Drainville (born August 21, 1964) is a Canadian film and television actor and comedian from Quebec. He is best known for his role in the film '' Louis 19, le roi des ondes'', for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at ...
,
Pierrette Robitaille
Pierrette Robitaille C.M. (born June 6, 1950) is a Canadian film and television actress from Quebec.
Career
Robitaille is a two-time Genie Award nominee for Best Actress, for her role as Mme Therrien in ''It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C't'à ...
, Marc Labrèche, Mitsou Gélinas, Danielle Ouimet, Marc Béland, Pascale Desrochers, Myriam Poirier, Gordon Masten,
Louise Portal
Louise Portal (born May 12, 1950) is a Canadian actress, film director, singer and writer. She won the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film ''The Decline of the American Empire'', and was a nominee for Best Actress for ...
,
Jacques Languirand
Jacques Languirand, OC (May 1, 1931 – January 26, 2018) was a Canadian radio host, writer, actor and director.
He hosted the same radio show, ''Par 4 chemins'' on Radio-Canada, for 42 years. He was awarded the C.M. ( Member of the Order of Can ...
,
Liliana Komorowska
Liliana Komorowska (born 11 April 1956) is a Polish actress and filmmaker. She has appeared in more than fifty films since 1964.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1956 births
Living people
Actresses from Gdańsk
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,
France D'Amour
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She studied music at Collège Lionel-Groulx in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec specialising in ja ...
,
Pierre Lebeau
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Life and career
His acting career started on the theatr ...
,
Denise Bombardier
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Bombardier is noted for her stan ...
and
Michel Barrette
Michel Barrette (born April 26, 1957 in Chicoutimi, Quebec) is a television and movie actor, television and radio host and stand-up comedian. He has played various roles in Quebec movies and television shows since 1982.
Profile
After serving ...
.
The film received two
Jutra Award
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Michel Proulx
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,
François Barbeau
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Le Devoir
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''Le Devoir'' is one of few independent large-c ...