Pierre Falardeau (December 28, 1946 – September 25, 2009) was a
Québécois film and documentary director,
pamphleteer
Pamphleteer is a historical term for someone who creates or distributes pamphlets, unbound (and therefore inexpensive) booklets intended for wide circulation.
Context
Pamphlets were used to broadcast the writer's opinions: to articulate a polit ...
and noted activist for
Quebec independence
The Quebec sovereignty movement (french: Mouvement souverainiste du Québec) is a political movement whose objective is to achieve the sovereignty of Quebec, a province of Canada since 1867, including in all matters related to any provision of ...
.
Falardeau wrote at least one book, ''Rien n'est plus précieux que la liberté et l'indépendance''. He died on September 25, 2009, following a long battle with cancer. He was entombed at the
Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery
Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery (french: Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges) is a rural cemetery located in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec, Canada which was founded in 1854. The entrance and the grounds run a ...
in Montreal.
Political views
With regard to minorities, Falardeau stated he did not care whether someone was white, black, yellow or green with orange polka dots; those who supported independence he considered brothers and sisters, and those who did not were "the enemy".
Falardeau created some controversy during his career. For example, in 2006, a photograph surfaced of him at an August 2006 Montreal pro-Palestinian rally about the
Israel-Lebanon conflict. The picture shows Falardeau with some young men and his friend and filmmaking partner
Julien Poulin
Julien Poulin (born April 20, 1946) is Canadian actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He has portrayed numerous roles in several popular Quebec films and series.
Elvis Gratton films
His most memorable role was Elvis Gratton in ...
holding a
Hezbollah
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flag. When asked to comment, Falardeau responded that he approached the men to understand why they supported Hezbollah, and that the flag belonged to the young men.
Filmography
*''Continuons le combat'' - 1971
*''À mort'' - 1972
*''Les canadiens sont là'' - 1973
*''Le magra'' - 1975
*''À force de courage'' - 1977
*''Pea Soup'' - 1979
*''
Speak White
"Speak White" is a French-language poem written by Canadian poet Michèle Lalonde in 1968, and condemns the linguistic, cultural, and economic exploitation and oppression of French-speaking Canadians, especially the Québécois, by the English ...
'' - 1980
*''
Elvis Gratton
Bob 'Elvis' Gratton is a fictional character, the subject of multiple films and a television series of the same name by Quebec director Pierre Falardeau: a series of short films (''Elvis Gratton'', 1981; ''Les Vacances d'Elvis Gratton'', 1983; ''P ...
'' - 1981
*''Les vacances d'Elvis Gratton'' - 1983
*''Pas encore Elvis Gratton!'' - 1985
*''Elvis Gratton: Le king des kings'' - 1985
*''
The Party (Le Party)'' - 1990
*''
The Steak (Le Steak)'' - 1992
*''
Le temps des bouffons'' - 1993
*''
Octobre'' - 1994
*''Elvis Gratton II: Miracle à Memphis'' - 1999
*''
February 15, 1839
''February 15, 1839'' (french: 15 février 1839) is a 2001 Quebec historical drama film. Directed by Pierre Falardeau, it is about the incarceration at the Pied-du-Courant Prison and the execution by hanging there of Patriote participants of ...
(15 février 1839)'' - 2001
*''Elvis Gratton 3: Le retour d'Elvis Wong'' - 2004
* ''
Bob Gratton : Ma Vie, My Life'' - 2007-2009
Awards
*
Luc Perreault Award
See also
*
Cinema of Quebec
The history of cinema in Quebec started on June 27, 1896 when the Frenchman Louis Minier inaugurated the first movie projection in North America in a Montreal theatre room. However, it would have to wait until the 1960s before a genuine Quebec ...
*
Quebec sovereignty movement
The Quebec sovereignty movement (french: Mouvement souverainiste du Québec) is a political movement whose objective is to achieve the sovereignty of Quebec, a province of Canada since 1867, including in all matters related to any provision of ...
References
External links
Official websiteUnofficial website
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1946 births
French Quebecers
People from Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
Université de Montréal alumni
Quebec sovereigntists
Male actors from Montreal
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male television actors
Canadian documentary film directors
Film directors from Montreal
Canadian film producers
Canadian screenwriters
Writers from Montreal
Canadian anthropologists
2009 deaths
Deaths from cancer in Quebec
Deaths from kidney cancer
Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery
20th-century Canadian screenwriters