Martin Laroche is a

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film director and screenwriter from

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

.Normand Provencher
"Les manèges humains: carrousel d'émotions"
''

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'', July 1, 2012. He is most noted for his 2012 film '' Fair Sex (Les Manèges humains)'', which received four

Jutra Award 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.16th Jutra Awards The 16th Prix Jutra ceremony was held on March 23, 2014 at the Monument-National theatre in Montreal, Quebec, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2013. Nominations were announced in January.Éric Moreault"Prix Jutra: Louis Cyr champio ...

in 2014 including a nod for Laroche in the Best Screenplay category. Originally from

Victoriaville Victoriaville is a town in central Quebec, Canada, on the Nicolet River. Victoriaville is the seat of Arthabaska Regional County Municipality and a part of the Centre-du-Québec (Bois-Francs) region. It is formed by the 1993 merger of Arthabaska, ...

, Quebec, he is a film studies graduate of the

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. He wrote and directed his debut feature film, ''La logique du remords'', in 2007, and followed up with ''Modernaire'' in 2009. Since ''Fair Sex'', he has also directed the films ''

Tadoussac Tadoussac () is a village in Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saguenay and Saint Lawrence rivers. The indigenous Innu call the place ''Totouskak'' (plural for ''totouswk'' or ''totochak'') meaning "bosom", probably in reference to the tw ...

'' in 2017"Tadoussac: quête viscérale"
'' La Presse'', December 1, 2017. and '' Laughter (Le Rire)'' in 2020.André Duchesne
"Le rire : de quoi pleurer"
'' La Presse'', January 31, 2020.

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