''Perfectly Normal'' is a Canadian

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Yves Simoneau Yves Simoneau (; born October 28, 1955) is a Canadian film and television director. Simoneau was born in Quebec City, Quebec. Recognition His acclaimed 1986 crime drama '' Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime)'' garnered multiple Genie Awards nominat ...

, which premiered at the 1990 Festival of Festivals, before going into general theatrical release in 1991. Simoneau's first English-language film, it was written by

Eugene Lipinski Eugene Lipinski (born 5 November 1956) is a British-Canadian character actor and screenwriter. He was born in Wansford Camp, Soke of Peterborough, England, and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. He began acting at the age of twelve in amat ...

and Paul Quarrington. The film stars

Michael Riley Michael Riley (born February 4, 1962) is a Canadian actor. From 1998 to 2000, he portrayed Brett Parker in '' Power Play''. He has acted in over 40 films and television series, including '' This Is Wonderland'', for which he received a Gemini Aw ...

as Renzo Parachi, a mild-mannered man living in the small town of Long Bay, Ontario, whose quiet, unassuming life working at the local brewery and playing hockey for the company team is transformed when Alonzo Turner (

Robbie Coltrane Anthony Robert McMillan (30 March 195014 October 2022), known professionally as Robbie Coltrane, was a Scottish actor and comedian. He gained worldwide recognition in the 2000s for playing Rubeus Hagrid in the ''Harry Potter'' film series. H ...

) comes to town, ingratiating himself as Renzo's new roommate and convincing him to invest in an

Italian restaurant ''Italian Restaurant'' is an Italian comedy television series. Cast *Gigi Proietti: Giulio Broccoli *Nancy Brilli: Connie Mancuso *Adriano Pappalardo: Frank Di Giacomo *Tiberio Murgia: Salvatore *Cristiana Capotondi: Angie *Luigi Montini: Mancu ...

where the servers will sing "Bellini's Norma". The film received four

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 12th Genie Awards in 1991:

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Best Original Screenplay The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story. Beginning with the ...

(Lipinski and Quarrington), Best Art Direction and Production Design (

Anne Pritchard Anne Pritchard is a Canadian production designer, art director and set decorator. She is most noted as a four-time Etrog and Genie award winner for Best Art Direction/Production Design, winning at the 22nd Canadian Film Awards in 1970 for ''The Ac ...

) and Best Editing ( Ronald Sanders). Lipinski and Quarrington won the award for Best Original Screenplay."Dreaming of Genies comes true for winners". ''

Halifax Daily News ''The Daily News'' was a tabloid newspaper in Halifax, Nova Scotia, that was published from 1974 until ceasing operations in February 2008. History ''The Daily News'' owed its existence to David Bentley, who, along with his wife Diana and Patri ...

'', November 28, 1991.

Cast

as Alonzo Turner *

as Renzo Parachi * Deborah Duchene as Denise *

as Hopeless *

Kenneth Welsh Kenneth Welsh, (March 30, 1942 – May 5, 2022) was a Canadian film and television actor. He was best known as the multi-faceted villain Windom Earle in ''Twin Peaks'', for his roles in the films ''The Day After Tomorrow'', '' Adoration'', ''Su ...

as Charlie Glesby *

Patricia Gage Patricia "Pat" Gage (3 March 1940 – 31 January 2010)In Memoriam � ...

as Mrs. Hathaway * J.D. Nicholsen as Duane Bickle (as Jack Nichols) * Elizabeth Harpur as Gloria * Kristina Nicoll as Tiffany * Peter Millard as Bunden *Bryan Foster as Gig Manyon * Andrew Miller as Pizza Guy * Warren Van Evera as Old Man * Douglas C. Frye as Boy in Cab * Graham Harley as Middle-aged Man * Ellen-Ray Hennessy as Clairvoyant *

Gene Dinovi Eugene Salvatore "Gene" DiNovi (born May 26, 1928) is an American jazz pianist. DiNovi was born in New York City. He worked with Joe Marsala and Chuck Wayne while a teenager. He was very active live and on record in the late 1940s, working with B ...

as Priest * Gino Marrocco as Uncle Thomas * Roc LaFortune as St. John's Ambulance Man

References

External links

* {{Yves Simoneau 1990 films English-language Canadian films Canadian comedy films 1990 comedy films Films directed by Yves Simoneau Films set in Ontario 1990s English-language films 1990s Canadian films