''North Station'' (french: Station Nord) is a Canadian children's comedy film, directed by
Jean-Claude Lord
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Benoît Brière
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) were delivered for many years and answered by a local family; after the death of his grandfather, Samuel (Xavier Morin-Lefort) and his girlfriend Évelyne (Roxanne Gaudette-Loiseau) decide to carry on the tradition, but Samuel goes missing and is presumed dead after trying to deliver the letters in a snowstorm, when in fact he has been saved and taken to Santa's workshop at the North Pole. When a letter arrives fifty years later from Satia, the granddaughter of Évelyne (
Renée Claude
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), requesting Santa's help in curing Évelyne of cancer, Samuel becomes motivated to go out to reunite with his lost love.
The cast also includes Lansana Kourouma, Catherine Florent, Genevieve Déry,
Nathalie Simard
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Simard was born in Île d'Orléans, near Quebec City, and was discovered by producer Guy Cloutier. Her first role was in a ...
, Gaston Lepage and Louis-Georges Girard.
The film was released in theatres on November 11, 2002.
The film received a
Jutra Award
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Le Devoir
''Le Devoir'' (, "Duty") is a French-language newspaper published in Montreal and distributed in Quebec and throughout Canada. It was founded by journalist and politician Henri Bourassa in 1910.
''Le Devoir'' is one of few independent large-c ...