''A Family Secret'' (french: Le Secret de ma mère) is a 2006 Canadian comedy-drama film.

Plot

Set on

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, Jos' (

David Boutin David Boutin may refer to: *David Boutin (actor) David Boutin (born November 12, 1969) is a Canadian actor from Quebec. He is most noted for his performance in the 2000 film '' Hochelaga'', for which he won the Jutra Award for Best Supporting Ac ...

) family and friends gather together at a

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where chaos ensues.

Awards and nominations

''A Family Secret'' earned two

Genie Award The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for scu ...

nominations ( Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Ginette Reno and

Genie Award for Best Original Screenplay The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television presents one or more annual awards for the Best Screenplay for a Canadian film. Originally presented in 1968 as part of the Canadian Film Awards, from 1980 until 2012 the award continued as part of the Gen ...

) and won a

Stony Brook Film Festival The Stony Brook Film Festival, produced by Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University, presents a program of new, independent films every summer since 1996. Features and short films from the U.S. and around the world are screened ove ...

award for Best Feature.

External links

Starz Denver Film Festival 2007
* 2006 films 2006 comedy-drama films Films scored by Normand Corbeil Films shot in Montreal Canadian comedy-drama films French-language Canadian films 2000s Canadian films {{2000s-comedy-drama-film-stub