''The Dame in Colour'' (french: La Dame en couleurs) is a 1985 Canadian
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-gen ...
directed by
Claude Jutra
Claude Jutra (; March 11, 1930 – November 5, 1986) was a Canadian actor, film director, and screenwriter. . It was entered into the
14th Moscow International Film Festival
The 14th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 28 June to 12 July 1985. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Soviet film ''Come and See'' directed by Elem Klimov, the American film ''A Soldier's Story'' directed by Norman Jewison and ...
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Plot
''La Dame en couleurs'' is set in an insane asylum administered by nuns. Into this harsh place is dumped a truckload of children who soon find an entrance to a long-forgotten underground passage beneath the hospital. There, free from the strict control of the nuns, the children can let their imaginations run free, creating a mystical world of primitive mysteries and cult-like rites.
Cast
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Paule Baillargeon as Sister Gertrude
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Ginette Boivin as Soeur Ste-Anne
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Lisette Dufour as Françoise
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Ariane Frédérique as Gisele
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Charlotte Laurier as Agnes Laberge
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Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge
Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge (born February 28, 1976) is a Canadians, Canadian actor and film producer best known for major roles in Quebec films ''Nitro (film), Nitro'' and ''The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons)'' in 2007.
Profile
After partici ...
as Ti-Cul
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Jean-François Lesage as Ti-Loup
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Gregory Lussier as Denis Tremblay
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François Méthé as Sebastien
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Gilles Renaud
Gilles Renaud (born 25 September 1944) is a Canadian actor who has starred in cinema and television in Quebec.
In 1983, he received a Genie Award
The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to ...
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Mario Spenard as Regis
References
External links
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1985 films
1985 drama films
Canadian drama films
Films directed by Claude Jutra
French-language Canadian films
1980s Canadian films
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