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The Mills Of Power
''The Mills of Power'' (french: Les Tisserands du pouvoir) is a Canadian television miniseries, directed by Claude Fournier. A historical drama, the film centres on the historical phenomenon of French Canadians who emigrated to New England for work opportunities, tracing their gradual loss of socioeconomic status, political power and cultural identity through the story of a community of French Canadian Americans in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The story is centred mainly on three families: the working class Lamberts, who worked in the dying textile mills and clung strongly to their Québécois heritage; the more middle-class Fontaines, who integrated more successfully into mainstream American life; and the wealthy Roussels, an industrialist family from France who owned the mills and exploited the Québécois immigrants. The cast included many of the most noted Quebec actors, including Gratien Gélinas, Rémy Girard, Dominique Michel, Denise Filiatrault, Juliette Huot, Donald Pil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Fournier (filmmaker)
Claude Fournier (born July 23, 1931 in Waterloo, Quebec) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, editor and cinematographer. He is one of the forerunners of the Cinema of Quebec. He is the twin brother of Guy Fournier. Career Claude Fournier began his career in journalism then moved to the Radio-Canada as a news cameraman. He joined the National Film Board of Canada in 1957 as a writer and director, and he worked on early cinéma-vérité films such as '' À Saint-Henri le cinq septembre'' and '' La lutte''. He left the Board to work in the United States with famed documentary filmmakers Richard Leacock and D.A. Pennebaker, then returned to Montreal in 1963 to set up his own production company, Rose Films. In 1970, he directed '' Two Women in Gold (Deux femmes en or)'', one of the most successful Quebec films of its time. In the private sector, Fournier produced over 100 short films, co-wrote the Sophia Loren film ''A Special Day'', a Canada-Italy co-production that was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliette Huot
Juliette Huot OQ (January 9, 1912 - March 16, 2001) was a Canadian actress from Quebec. She was most noted for her role in '' The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe)'', for which she was a shortlisted Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress at the 3rd Genie Awards in 1982. Born in the Tétraultville district of Montreal, she began her career as a radio and stage actress in the 1930s."Juliette Huot" '''', April 23, 2014. Her most prominent early roles were in the radio adaptation of 's ''Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlasta Vrána
Vlasta Vrána (born 1950), is a Canadian actor of Czech descent. Life and career Vrána, born to Czech parents in Norway, moved to Canada at age four. He made his feature-film debut in Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg's '' Shivers''. Vrána has appeared in television shows and films, including '' The New Avengers'', ''The Littlest Hobo'', ''Choices'', ''Spearfield's Daughter'', '' The Kiss'', ''War of the Worlds'', '' After Amy'', '' All Souls'', '' Friday the 13th: the Series'', ''Windsor Protocol'', ''Lobby'', '' Highlander III: The Sorcerer'', '' Sirens'', '' All Souls'', '' Mom P.I.'', '' The Hitchhiker'', ''Press Run'', '' Waking the Dead'', ''Varian's War'', ''Pachamama'', and '' The Blue Man''. In 2005 he received an Award of Excellence from ACTRA Montreal and the Richard Kind Award for Best Actor at the 2005 Trenton Film Festival for his lead role in B. P. Paquette's psychological drama, ''A Year in the Death of Jack Richards''. Vrána played Fire Chief Wickersham in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wildman (actor)
John Wildman (born November 7, 1960) is a Canadian television and film actor. His parents divorced when he was a child and his mother, a model and actress, moved often to find work. Wildman attended fourteen schools in thirteen years. Career Wildman began his career as a child actor, performing his first film role in ''The Huntsman'' when he was nine. He studied acting at the Dome Theatre in Montreal, and had parts in eight shows over a three year period. He is best known for his role as Butch in the 1985 film ''My American Cousin'', for which he won a Genie Award.Pioneer adventure has a bit of everything, ''The Ottawa Citizen'' (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), September 11, 1986, page 48 He played the same character in the 1989 sequel ''American Boyfriends''. Beginning in 1986 Wildman played Neil Campbell on the television series ''The Campbells ''The Campbells'' is a Scottish-Canadian television drama series, produced by Scottish Television and CTV from 1986 to 1990. The seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto Star
The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part of Torstar's Daily News Brands division. The newspaper's offices are located at One Yonge Street in the Harbourfront neighbourhood of Toronto. The newspaper was established in 1892 as the ''Evening Star'' and was later renamed the ''Toronto Daily Star'' in 1900, under Joseph E. Atkinson. Atkinson was a major influence in shaping the editorial stance of the paper, with the paper having reflected his values until his death in 1948. The paper was renamed the ''Toronto Star'' in 1971. The newspaper introduced a Sunday edition in 1973. History The ''Star'' was created in 1892 by striking '' Toronto News'' printers and writers, led by future mayor of Toronto and social reformer Horatio Clarence Hocken, who became the newspaper's founder, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Melançon
André Melançon (February 18, 1942 - August 23, 2016) was a Canadian actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for directing and writing several installments in the Tales for All series of children's films. Career The versatile André Mélançon – director, writer and actor – set out to become a youth guidance counsellor before he veered into film. His background in psychology and education helped orient his filmmaking toward films about, with, and for children. His first film was on Quebec separatist Charles Gagnon, then at the request of producer Jean Dansereau he directed a trio of short films for children in the early 1970s that confirmed the direction of his career. He turned to acting and won a Canadian Film Award for his performance in '' Bound for Glory (Partis pour la gloire)''. In the 1980s he directed ''The Dog Who Stopped the War'', which won the Golden Reel Award, and ''Bach et bottine'', and wrote, with Jacques Bobet, ''Tadpole and the Whale'' also a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Almond
Paul Almond (April 26, 1931 – April 9, 2015) was a Canadian television and motion picture screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist. He is most known for being the director of the first film in the '' Up'' series. Life and career Paul Almond attended Bishop's College School, McGill University and Balliol College, Oxford University, where he read Philosophy, Politics, Economics; edited the University magazine, Isis; played for the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club; and served as president of the university Poetry Society. At the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, he worked primarily as a director and producer, and also wrote several scripts. He did similar work in England for the BBC, ABC Weekend TV, and Granada TV, where he created the ground-breaking documentary '' Seven Up!'', before embarking on a career as a feature-length film-maker. In the late 1960s, he attempted to establish a high quality Canadian art cinema with his understated and highly interiorized films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Laurier
Charlotte Laurier (born November 18, 1966) is a Canadian film and television actress. , September 23, 2011. First prominent as a child actress in the 1980s, she is a two-time Genie Award nominee for , in 1981 for '' Good Riddance [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jocelyn Bérubé
Jocelyn Bérubé (born September 16, 1946, in Saint-Nil (Matane), Quebec) is a Canadian actor, musician and storyteller. He was best known for his leading role in the 1980 film '' The Handyman (L'Homme à tout faire)'', for which he garnered a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at the 2nd Genie Awards in 1981. His other roles have included the films '' Gina'', '' The Absence (L'Absence)'', '' J.A. Martin Photographer'', '' Bach and Broccoli (Bach et bottine)'', '' In the Shadow of the Wind'', '' Love Crazy'' and '' A Cry in the Night (Le Cri de la nuit)'', and the television series ''The Mills of Power (Les Tisserands du pouvoir)'', ''Au nom du père et du fils'' and ''Le Sorcier''. As a musician, he performs as a fiddler,"The 22nd Annual Toronto Festival Of Storytelling continues to Sunday at a number of venues across the city". ''Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivette Thibault
Olivette Thibault (November 13, 1914 – December 17, 1995) was a Canadian stage, film and television actress from Quebec."Olivette Thibault: Comédienne" ''Le Québec: Une histoire de famille''. She is most noted for her role as Tante Cécile in '' Mon oncle Antoine'', for which she won the Canadian Film Award
The Canadian Film Awards were the leading Canadian cinema awards from 1949 until 1978. These honours were conducted annually, except in 1974 when a number of Quebec directors withdrew their participation and prompted a cancellation. In the 197 ...
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Gabrielle Lazure
Gabrielle Lazure (born 28 April 1957) is an American-Canadian actress. She has appeared in more than sixty films since 1981. Selected filmography References External links * 1957 births Living people Actresses from Philadelphia Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses 21st-century American women {{Canada-screen-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Forget
Michel Forget (born February 27, 1942 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Quebec actor. Background Forget had a long acting career in which he participated in several films and television series which were popular among French Canadians. In 1986, Michel Forget drove a boat from Paris to Montreal. It took him more than 72 hours. His first role was in 1973 in ''Des armes et les hommes'' and he has played in a total of 57 movies or television series in his career. Among his most notable roles was the long-lived series ''Lance et Compte'' in which he played the role of Gilles Guilbault, the general manager of the Quebec National, a fictional NHL team inspired by the Quebec Nordiques (now Colorado Avalanche). He also played in several popular television series such as ''Duplessis'' (1977), ''The Mills of Power (Les Tisserands du pouvoir, 1988)'', ''Super Sans Plomb'' (1989), ''Les Machos'' (1995) and '' Maurice Richard: Histoire d'un Canadien'' (1999). Forget played supporting roles '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
