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''Cosmos'' is a Canadian drama film, released in 1996."Cosmos: Film collectif"
''Films du Québec''. Written and directed by Jennifer Alleyn, Manon Briand, Marie-Julie Dallaire,
Arto Paragamian Arto Paragamian is a Canadian film director and writer known for Two Thousand and None (2000), Because Why (1993) and Cosmos (1996). As a Concordia University undergraduate, Paragamian won the Norman McLaren Award (at the time the top Canadian ...
, André Turpin and Denis Villeneuve, the film is an anthology of six
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s, one by each of the credited directors, linked by the common character of Cosmos (Igor Ovadis), a Greek immigrant working as a
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in
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. The film, made by a collective of then-emerging young directors, was considered an unofficial sequel to '' Montreal Stories (Montréal vu par...)'', a 1991 anthology film by six more established filmmakers. The film was Canada's submission to the 70th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not make the shortlist. It was also a shortlisted nominee for Best Motion Picture at the
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, but lost to '' The Sweet Hereafter''.


Segments

*"Jules et Fanny" (André Turpin) — Fanny (Marie-France Lambert), a lawyer, reunites with Jules ( Alexis Martin), her ex-boyfriend who is fascinated by her new breast implants. *"Cosmos et agriculture" (Arto Paragamian) — Cosmos and Janvier (Marc Jeanty) chase down two men who have stolen a cab. *"Le Technétium" (Denis Villeneuve) — A filmmaker (
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) nervously travels to a scheduled television interview with Nadja (Audrey Benoît). *"Aurore et Crépuscule" (Jennifer Alleyn) — After being stood up by her boyfriend on her 20th birthday, Aurore (Sarah-Jeanne Salvy) meets an older man (Gabriel Gascon) who takes her out to play pool. *"Boost" (Manon Briand) — Yannie (Marie-Hélène Montpetit) spends the day with Joël (Pascal Contamine), a
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friend anxiously awaiting the results of his
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test. *"L'Individu" (Marie-Julie Dallaire) — A serial killer (Sébastien Joannette) tracks his planned next victim.


See also

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List of submissions to the 70th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of submissions to the 70th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films ...
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List of Canadian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Canada has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1971. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside ...


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* {{Canadian submission for Academy Awards 1996 films Canadian drama films Canadian LGBT-related films LGBT-related drama films Films directed by Denis Villeneuve Canadian anthology films 1996 drama films 1996 LGBT-related films Films set in Montreal Films directed by Manon Briand French-language Canadian films HIV/AIDS in Canadian films 1990s Canadian films