''Laura Cadieux II'' (french: Laura Cadieux...la suite) is a Canadian comedy 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 1999. A sequel to the 1998 film ''
It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux
''It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux'' (french: C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux) is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Denise Filiatrault and released in 1998. The film was based on the comedic novel by Michel Tremblay.
The film centers on a group of ...
(C'est à ton tour, Laura Cadieux)'', the film placed the characters from the first film, which was a direct adaptation of the novel by
Michel Tremblay
Michel Tremblay (born 25 June 1942) is a French-Canadian novelist and playwright.
Tremblay was born in Montreal, Quebec, where he grew up in the French-speaking neighbourhood of Plateau Mont-Royal; at the time of his birth, a neighbourhood wit ...
, in an original story written entirely by Filiatrault.
In the film, Laura Cadieux (
Ginette Reno
Ginette Reno (born Ginette Raynault; 28 April 1946) is a Canadian author, composer, singer, and actress. She has received nominations for the Genie and Gemini Awards and is a multi-recipient of the Juno Award. She is a gold and platinum sel ...
) and her friends are taking a
cruise
A cruise is any travel on a cruise ship.
Cruise or Cruises may also refer to:
Tourism
* Booze cruise
* Music cruise
* River cruise
Aeronautics and aircraft
* Cruise (aeronautics), a distinct stage of an aircraft's flight
* Aviasouz Cruise, a R ...
on the
St. Lawrence River
The St. Lawrence River (french: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, ) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connecting ...
to celebrate Laura's 50th birthday."Laura takes a cruise: Cadieux, part deux, offers laughs, but lacks depth of original". ''
Montreal Gazette
The ''Montreal Gazette'', formerly titled ''The Gazette'', is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Three other daily English-language newspapers shuttered at various times during the second half of th ...
'', December 3, 1999. Laura is trying to fend off the advances of the ship's captain (Michel Dumont); Alice Thibodeau (
Sonia Vachon
Sonia Vachon (born March 14, 1966 in Magog, Quebec) is a Canadian actress.Sarah Bélisle"Un beau cadeau pour Sonia Vachon" ''Le Journal de Montréal'', March 28, 2012. She is most noted for her performance in the film '' 5150 Elm's Way (5150, rue ...
) is freely flirting with nearly all of the men on board while Albert (
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 ...
) is struggling to make his own feelings for her known; Lucille Bolduc (Adèle Reinhardt) is unsuccessfully trying to catch the eye of Oscar Blanchette ( Donald Pilon); Mme. Brouillette (Denise Dubois) is newly liberated from an abusive husband; and Laura's mother-in law (
Dominique Michel Dominique Michel, OC, CQ (born ''Aimée Sylvestre''; September 24, 1932 in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec) is a Quebec comedian, actress, singer and artist.
Biography
She began her career in cabarets performing songs written by Raymond Lévesque and subse ...
) is constantly tormenting Laura with her demands. Meanwhile, Laura's best friend, Mme Therrien (
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 ...
), who spent the first film running around downtown Montreal after mistakenly believing Laura's young son had gotten lost, here mistakenly boards the wrong boat and spends the duration of the film on a cargo ship introducing a bunch of
Russia
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n sailors to Québécois culture.
The film received five
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 at the
21st Genie Awards
The 21st Genie Awards were held in 2001 to honour films released in 2000. The ceremony was hosted by Brian Linehan.
Nominees and winners
The Genie Award winner in each category is shown in bold along with nominees.
References
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Best Actress
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Best Original Song
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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(
François Dompierre
François Dompierre C.M. (born July 1, 1943) is a Canadian musician, songwriter and composer, best known as a composer of film scores.Best Original Score (Dompierre). Dompierre won the award for Original Song."It's a Maelstrom at the Genie awards". ''
The Globe and Mail
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'', January 30, 2001. It received three
Prix Jutra
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.2nd Jutra Awards The 2nd Jutra Awards were held on March 5, 2000 to honour films made with the participation of the Cinema of Quebec, Quebec film industry in 1999."Post Mortem snares top Jutra". ''The Globe and Mail'', March 7, 2000. The hosts of the ceremony were Y ...
, for Best Actress (2: Reno, Robitaille) and Best Art Direction (Raymond Dupuis and Suzanne Harel).