''Triptych'' (french: Triptyque) is a 2013 Canadian
drama film
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directed by
Robert Lepage
Robert Lepage (born December 12, 1957) is a Canadian playwright, actor, film director, and stage director.
Early life
Lepage was raised in Quebec City. At age five, he was diagnosed with a rare form of alopecia, which caused complete hair lo ...
and
Pedro Pires
Pedro de Verona Rodrigues Pires (; born 29 April 1934) is a Cape Verdean politician who served as Prime Minister of Cape Verde from 1975 to 1991, and later as President from 2001 to 2011.
Life and career
Pires was born in São Filipe, Fogo, Cape ...
. Adapted from Lepage's theatrical play ''Lipsynch'', the film centres on Michelle (
Lise Castonguay Lise may refer to:
People
*Eliseo Nicolás Alonso (known as Lise; 1955–2012), Spanish woodcarver and sculptor
*Claude Lise (born 1941), French politician from Martinique
Given name
Lise is a variant of the given name Lisa
* Lise de Baissac, Mau ...
), a woman who has just been released from the hospital following a diagnosis with
schizophrenia
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, and her sister Marie ( Frédérike Bédard), a singer and actress who is herself recovering from brain surgery that has left her temporarily unable to speak.
The film had its theatrical premiere on 6 September 2013 at the
2013 Toronto International Film Festival
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, and was later shown in the Panorama section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival."«Triptyque» de Robert Lepage et Pedro Pires en selection Panorama à la Berlinale".
Canadian Press
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, 19 December 2013.
The film received two
Canadian Screen Award
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nominations at the
2nd Canadian Screen Awards
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* AACTA Award for Best Direction
* Academy Award for Best Director
* BA ...
Jutra Award
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Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to:
Film awards
* AACTA Award for Best Direction
* Academy Award for Best Director
* BA ...
(Lepage, Pires),
Best Actress
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(Castonguay), Best Art Direction ( Jean Babin, Christian Légaré and David Pelletier) and Best Costume Design (
Judy Jonker
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* Judy, Kentucky, village in Montgomery County, United States
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* Judy (dog) (1936–1950) ...
)."Jutra nominations light up screen scene; Top Quebecois films include Louis Cyr and Gabrielle". ''
Montreal Gazette
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Lise Castonguay Lise may refer to:
People
*Eliseo Nicolás Alonso (known as Lise; 1955–2012), Spanish woodcarver and sculptor
*Claude Lise (born 1941), French politician from Martinique
Given name
Lise is a variant of the given name Lisa
* Lise de Baissac, Mau ...
as Michelle Lavallée
* as Thomas Bruckner
* Rebecca Blankenship as Ada Weber
*
Aube Foglia
Aube Foglia is a Canadian film editor. She is most noted as a four-time Jutra/Iris Award nominee for Best Editing, receiving nominations at the 1st Jutra Awards in 1999 for '' Nô'', the 4th Jutra Awards in 2002 for '' Between the Moon and Monte ...