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Micheline Lanctôt Micheline Lanctôt (born May 12, 1947) is a Canadian actress, film director, screenwriter, and musician. Biography Lanctôt was born in Frelighsburg, Quebec. Her post-secondary education was in music, fine arts, and theatre at École de musique ...

and released in 2011.Charles-Henri Ramond
"Pour l’amour de Dieu – Film de Micheline Lanctôt"
''Films du Québec'', August 6, 2011. Based in part on a personal experience from Lanctôt's own childhood, the film centres on the sexual awakening of Léonie (Ariane Legault), a young girl attending

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in 1959 who falls in love with Father Malachy (

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), the new school priest, and becomes jealous when she realizes that her teacher, Sister Cécile ( Madeleine Péloquin), is also in love with him. The film also explores the effect of the experience on the three into the present day, with Lanctôt herself playing the role of the adult Léonie,

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as the senior Sister Cécile and Nelson Villagra as the senior Fr. Malachy. Rossif Sutherland also has a small role in the film as

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. The film premiered on August 24, 2011, at the

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, where it won awards for Best Actress (Péloquin) and Best Film. It opened commercially in Quebec on September 2. The film received six

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, for

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(Lanctôt),

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(Péloquin), Best Art Direction (Normand Sarazin), Best Cinematography ( Michel La Veaux), Best Costume Design (

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) and Best Original Music (

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). Barbeau won the award for costume design. At the

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in 2012, the film won the Golden Goblet Jury Grand Prix."Pour l'amour de Dieu de Micheline Lanctôt honoré au Festival de Shanghai"

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, June 26, 2012.

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* {{Micheline Lanctôt 2011 films Canadian coming-of-age drama films Films directed by Micheline Lanctôt Films shot in Montreal Films set in Montreal 2011 drama films French-language Canadian films 2010s Canadian films