''Suzanne'' is a 1980 Canadian drama film directed by
Robin Spry
Robin Spry (October 25, 1939 – March 28, 2005) was a Canadian film director and television producer and screenwriter.
Spry was perhaps best known for his documentary films '' Action: The October Crisis of 1970'' and '' Reaction: A Portrait of ...
.
["Suzanne – Film de Robin Spry"]
''Films du Québec''. It was written by Spry and Ronald Sutherland as an adaptation of Sutherland's 1971 novel ''Snow Lark''.
The film stars
Jennifer Dale
Jennifer Ciurluini (born January 16, 1956 in Toronto), known professionally as Jennifer Dale, is a Canadian actress.
Biography
She is the sister of Canadian actress Cynthia Dale. From 1980 to 1986 she was married to Robert Lantos; they have t ...
as Suzanne McDonald, a woman in an unhappy marriage who becomes pregnant after an extramarital affair with a gangster who has just been sent to prison. The cast also includes
Gabriel Arcand
Gabriel Arcand (born June 4, 1949) is a Canadian actor. He is the brother of film director Denys Arcand.
After studying philosophy at McGill University, Arcand spent his formative professional years at La Criée in Marseilles, France, and late ...
,
Winston Rekert
Winston Houghton Rekert (June 10, 1949 – September 14, 2012) was a Canadian actor. He was best known for starring in the television series '' Adderly'' and '' Neon Rider''.
Career
A Vancouver native, Rekert started acting at age 12, appearing ...
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Ken Pogue
Kenneth Pogue (July 26, 1934 – December 15, 2015) was a Canadian actor.
Career
His first motion picture role in 1973 was in ''The Neptune Factor''. He almost drowned in scuba gear.
He worked on stage at the Crest Theatre, Stratford Shakespea ...
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Michelle Rossignol
Michelle Rossignol, (4 February 1940 – 18 May 2020) was a Canadian film actress. She appeared in fifteen films between 1956 and 2010. She was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1991 and a Knight of the National Order of Quebec
T ...
,
Michael Ironside
Frederick Reginald Ironside (born February 12, 1950), known as Michael Ironside, is a Canadian actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. He is known for playing villains and "tough guy" heroes, and has also portrayed sympathetic characters.
E ...
,
Aubert Pallascio
Aubert Pallascio (August 19, 1937 – July 5, 2020) was a Canadian actor. Pallascio trained at the CNSAD and for a period of time worked under the pseudonym Luis Aubert. He has performed on the stages of the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, Théâtr ...
,
Pierre Curzi
Pierre Curzi (born February 11, 1946 in Montreal, Quebec) is an actor, screenwriter and politician in Quebec. He is a former Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the riding of Borduas in the Montérégie region south of Montreal. ...
and
Yvan Ducharme.
The film garnered six
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
2nd Genie Awards, including
Best Actor (Rekert),
Best Actress
Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw ...
(Dale),
Best Supporting Actor (Arcand),
Best Adapted Screenplay,
Best Cinematography and
Best Costume Design.
References
External links
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1980 films
1980 drama films
Canadian drama films
English-language Canadian films
Quebec films
Films directed by Robin Spry
1980s English-language films
1980s Canadian films
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