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Élise Guilbault
Élise Guilbault (born April 8, 1961) is a Canadian film and television actress. She is most noted for her performances in the film '' The Woman Who Drinks (La Femme qui boit)'', for which she won both the 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), known as the "Etrog Awards" for sculptor ... for Best Actress at the 22nd Genie Awards and the Jutra Award for Best Actress at the 4th Jutra Awards,"Les Prix Jutras / The Jutra Awards" ''Northern Stars''. and the film '' The Novena (La Neuvaine)'', for which she won the Jutra for Best Actress at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Lin–Laurentides
Saint-Lin–Laurentides () is a small city (Quebec), city located in the Montcalm Regional County Municipality of Quebec, Canada. Its official name uses an en dash; however, the city's own website uses the two-hyphen version of its name: Saint-Lin-Laurentides. In the Canada 2021 Census its population was 24,030. Saint-Lin was the birthplace of former Canadian Prime Minister of Canada, Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier, whose paternal home is now a National Historic Sites of Canada, National Historic Site of Canada. History Saint-Lin–Laurentides was formed on 1 March 2000, when the Municipality of Saint-Lin and the Town of Laurentides were merged. Saint-Lin was first settled in 1807 when pioneers from Saint-Pierre-du-Portage (now L'Assomption) arrived. In 1828, the Saint-Lin-de-Lachenaie Parish was founded. In 1845, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Lin was established, but was abolished 2 years later in 1847 when it was absorbed into the county municipality. That same year, its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12th Jutra Awards
The 12th Jutra Awards were held on March 28, 2010 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2009. The nominees were announced on February 16. '' La Presse'', February 16, 2010. '' Through the Mist (Dédé, à travers les brumes)'', a biopic about Dédé Fortin, lead the ceremony with ten nominations. It ended up winning four awards, including [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoire (2023 Film)
''Victoire'' () is a Canadian drama film, directed by François Bouvier and released in 2023. Adapted from Pauline Gill's series of historical novels about the life of Victoire Du Sault, a 19th-century shoemaker in Montreal who was one of Quebec's first women ever to launch her own business, the film stars Rose-Marie Perreault as Du Sault, and centres on her early romantic relationship with older businessman Georges-Noël Dufresne ( Pierre-Yves Cardinal) before being married off to his son Thomas (Nicolas Fontaine).Maxime Demers"Critique de «La cordonnière»: un film réussi sur le plan technique, mais..." ''Le Journal de Montréal'', March 16, 2023. The cast also includes Élise Guilbault in a small role as Victoire in her older age, as well as Madeleine Péloquin, Jeff Boudreault, Anick Lemay, Henri Picard, Nicolas Fontaine, Frédéric Millaire-Zouvi, Antoine Pilon, Martin Larocque, Louis-Georges Girard, Samuel Bouchard, Janie Faucher-Roy, Gabriel Sabourin, Éric Cabana a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Summer (film)
''One Summer'' () is a 2023 Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Louise Archambault. The film stars Patrice Robitaille as Marc Côté, a Roman Catholic parish priest who has ministered for many years to the poor and homeless in Montreal but is struggling with the financial decline of his church; after a former family friend bequeaths him a rural property in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, he decides to take a group of his regular clients on a summer retreat as a respite from their lives, only to run into conflict with the property's longtime caretaker François Riendeau ( Sébastien Ricard) and opposition from the community. The cast also includes Élise Guilbault as Sister Monique, a nun who works with Marc in Montreal; Guy Nadon as Jean-Pierre Genin, a former lawyer who has fallen on hard times; and Martin Dubreuil as Sam, a military veteran struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder; as well as Bruce Dinsmore Bruce Dinsmore is a Canadian actor. He voices Tubby Tompki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On My Mother's Side
''On My Mother's Side'' () is a Canadian psychological thriller film, directed by Dominic Goyer and released in 2015.Charles-Henri Ramond"Origine des espèces, L’ – Film de Dominic Goyer" ''Films du Québec'', March 27, 2016. The film stars Marc Paquet as David, an architect who discovers that his father Paul (Marc Béland) is not his real biological father, and undertakes an effort to uncover the truth of his origins. The film's cast also includes Sylvie de Morais-Nogueira, Élise Guilbault, Germain Houde, David La Haye, Gilles Pelletier and Cynthia Wu-Maheux. The film premiered at the 2015 Festival du nouveau cinéma, before going into commercial release in 2016. Wu-Maheux received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2017."Gala Québec Cinéma: relève de la garde" ''La Presse is a French-language online newspaper published daily in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1884, it is now owned by an independent nonpro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bossé Empire
''The Bossé Empire'' () is a Canadian mockumentary film, directed by Claude Desrosiers and released in 2012. The film traces the rise and fall of Bernard Bossé ( Guy A. Lepage), a man who grew from humble beginnings to become the wealthiest man in Quebec by delving into absolutely every sector of economic activity regardless of whether it was legal or illegal.François Houde"L'empire Bossé: pas assez déjanté pour soutenir l'intérêt" '' Le Nouvelliste'', March 17, 2012. The film's cast also includes Claude Legault, Valérie Blais, Magalie Lépine-Blondeau, Élise Guilbault, James Hyndman, Gabriel Arcand, Benoît McGinnis, Cynthia Wu-Maheux and Yves Pelletier. The film was released to theatres on March 16, 2012. Marketing efforts for the film included the creation of a fake website for Bossé's corporate empire. Reception The film was not positively received by critics, with François Houde of '' Le Nouvelliste'' writing that its chief weakness was in casting Lepage, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosmos (1996 Film)
''Cosmos'' is a Canadian drama film, released in 1996."Cosmos: Film collectif" ''Films du Québec''. Written and directed by , , Marie-Julie Dallaire, Arto Paragamian, and |
Chili's Blues
''Chili's Blues'' (, lit. "It Was the 12th of December and Chili Had the Blues") is a Canadian romantic drama film, directed by Charles Binamé and released in 1994.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . pp. 41-42. Set in 1963 and taking place in a train station in Montreal where passengers are temporarily stranded due to a snowstorm, the film centres on the interactions between Pierre-Paul (Roy Dupuis), a salesman, and Chili ( Lucie Laurier), a depressed college student who is considering suicide, as they meet and fall in love while waiting for train services to resume. The cast also includes Joëlle Morin, Julie Deslauriers, Emmanuel Bilodeau, Pierre Curzi, Normand Chouinard, Élise Guilbault and Isabelle Brouillette. The film premiered on August 26, 1994 at the Montreal World Film Festival The Montreal World Film Festival (), commonly abbreviated MWFF in English or FFM in French, was an annual film festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desire In Motion
''Desire in Motion'' () is a French-Canadian drama film, directed by Lea Pool and released in 1994. Inspired by texts such as Roland Barthes' '' A Lover's Discourse: Fragments'', Francesco Alberoni's ''Falling in Love'' and the autobiography of Carl Jung, the film stars Jean-François Pichette and Valérie Kaprisky as Vincent and Catherine, a man and woman falling in love as they meet and get acquainted on a train trip to Vancouver. The film premiered at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois on February 3, 1994. Awards The film received eight Genie Award nominations at the 15th Genie Awards: Best Actress (Kaprisky), Best Director (Pool), Best Original Screenplay (Pool), Best Art Direction/Production Design ( Serge Bureau), Best Costume Design ( Sabina Haag), Best Editing ( Michel Arcand), Best Overall Sound (Hans Künzi, François Musy, Florian Eidenbenz and Jo Caron) and Best Sound Editing (Jacques Plante, Antoine Morin, Jérôme Décarie and Michel Arcand)."The Genie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phantom Life
''Phantom Life'' () is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jacques Leduc and released in 1992. An adaptation of the novel by Danièle Sallenave, the film stars Ron Lea as Pierre, an academic at the Université de Sherbrooke who is torn between his marriage to Annie ( Johanne-Marie Tremblay) and his extramarital affair with the younger Laure (Pascale Bussières). The film's cast also includes Gabriel Gascon, Rita Lafontaine, Jean-Guy Bouchard and Élise Guilbault. The film premiered at the 1992 Montreal World Film Festival, where it was named the most popular Canadian film of the festival. Bussières also won the award for Best Actress. The film received five Genie Award nominations at the 13th Genie Awards, for Best Adapted Screenplay (Leduc and Yvon Rivard), Best Cinematography ( Pierre Mignot), Best Art Direction/Production Design ( Louise Jobin), Best Costume Design ( Michèle Hamel) and Best Sound Editing (Jérôme Décarie, Diane Boucher, Michel Bordeleau, Francine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal Stories
''Montreal Stories'' (), also titled ''Montreal Sextet'' in some releases, is a Canadian drama film, released in 1991 as an homage to the city of Montreal, Quebec on the occasion of its 350th anniversary.''Montréal vu par ...'' at 's Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Written and directed by , , |
A Place To Live (2018 Film)
''A Place to Live'' () is a Canadian drama film, directed by Bernard Émond and released in 2018."Bernard Émond: entre l’ombre et la lumière" '''', February 23, 2018. The film stars as Monique, a recently widowed woman who, while visiting her adult children in , decides to return to her childhood hometown of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
