''My Aunt Aline'' (french: Ma tante Aline) is a 2007
Canadian
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comedy film
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directed by
Gabriel Pelletier
Gabriel Pelletier (born 1958 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian film and television director. He is best known for his 1996 film ''Karmina'', for which he was a Genie Award nominee for Best Screenplay and Best Director at the 18th Genie Awards in ...
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Plot
Geneviève Saint-Louis ( Sylvie Léonard) is a successful career woman who does nothing but work. One day, her aunt Aline (
Béatrice Picard
Béatrice Picard, , (born July 3, 1929 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadians, Canadian actress whose career spans over six decades. She became known for her role as Angelina Desmarais in one of the first French Canadian "télé-roman" series called ...
) shows up unexpectedly on her doorstep penniless and just one step away from a
retirement home
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. Determined to stay out, Aline turns Geneviève's life upside-down as she takes her on the ride of her life that includes a stop in
Cuba
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Awards
Picard received a
Genie Award
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nomination for
Best Actress
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at the
28th Genie Awards
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. The film received two
Jutra Award
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Kathryn Casault Kathryn Casault is a Canadian make-up artist. She is most noted for her work on the film ''Babine'', for which she won the Jutra Award for Best Makeup at the 11th Jutra Awards in 2009."Soie remporte trois Jutra" '' La Presse'', February 28, 2008.