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Éric K. Boulianne
Éric K. Boulianne is a Canadian screenwriter and actor from Quebec. He is most noted as the writer of the film ''Before We Explode (Avant qu'on explose)'', for which he was a Prix Iris nominee for Prix Iris for Best Screenplay, Best Screenplay at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards in 2019, and as cowriter with Stéphane Lafleur of the film ''Viking (2022 film), Viking'', for which they received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023. He has also directed a number of short films. In 2024 he entered production on ''Follies (film), Follies (Folichonneries)'', his feature-length directorial debut, which is slated to premiere at the 78th Locarno Film Festival. He received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024, in the categories of Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay for ''The Dishwasher (film), The Dishwasher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast and a coastal border with the territory of Nunavut. In the south, it shares a border with the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, what is now Quebec was the List of French possessions and colonies, French colony of ''Canada (New France), Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, ''Canada'' became a Territorial evolution of the British Empire#List of territories that were once a part of the British Empire, British colony, first as the Province of Quebec (1763–1791), Province of Quebec (1763–1791), then Lower Canada (1791–1841), and lastly part of the Province of Canada (1841–1867) as a result of the Lower Canada Rebellion. It was Canadian Confederation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dishwasher (film)
''The Dishwasher'' () is a Canadian drama film, directed by Francis Leclerc and released in 2023.Charles-Henri Ramond"Plongeur, Le – Film de Francis Leclerc" ''Films du Québec'', February 18, 2023. An adaptation of the semi-autobiographical novel by Stéphane Larue, the film stars Henri Richer-Picard as Stéphane, who takes a menial job as a dishwasher in a restaurant after being left in deep debt by a gambling addiction. The film's cast also includes Charles-Aubey Houde, Joan Hart, Maxime de Cotret, Fayolle Jean Jr., Robin L'Houmeau, Marie-Ève Beauregard, Zachary Évrard, Gabrielle Côté, Jade Charbonneau, Guillaume Laurin, Anthony Therrien, Julien Leclerc, Stéphan Allard, Justin Leyrolles-Bouchard, Luka Limoges, Emmanuel Schwartz and Éric K. Boulianne. It features a soundtrack of classic rock and heavy metal songs alongside pop and electronic songs contemporary to the film's early-2000s setting, including material by Iron Maiden, Anonymus, Rancid, Neil Young, A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Brother's Love
''A Brother's Love'' () is a 2019 Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Monia Chokri. It had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. It was released theatrically in Canada on 7 June 2019 by Les Films Séville. The film stars Anne-Élisabeth Bossé as Sophia, an immature university graduate student who is forced to reassess her life when her brother Karim ( Patrick Hivon), with whom she has always had a very close and codependent relationship, falls in love with her gynecologist Éloise ( Evelyne Brochu). Plot Sophia earns her PhD for her thesis on Antonio Gramsci, but discovers a lack of teaching positions available in her field and is saddled with student debt. At age 35, she lives rent-free with her brother Karim and leads tours at a local art gallery. Pregnant, Sophia seeks an abortion and she and Karim meet Eloïse, a doctor. Eloïse recognizes Karim as a man she met and slept with when she first moved to Montreal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fall Of Sparta
''The Fall of Sparta'' () is a Canadian drama film, directed by Tristan Dubois and released in 2018. Adapted from the young adult novel by Sébastien "Biz" Fréchette, the film stars Lévi Doré as Steeve Simard, a bookish and introverted teenager in Saint-Lambert, Quebec in his final year of high school. Dubois and Biz opted to cast the film in a color-blind way, choosing the best actor for each role regardless of whether they corresponded to their character's stated or presumed racial background in the original novel. Awards Fanny Vachon received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Makeup at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards. The film received three Prix Iris nominations at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards, for Best Hairstyling ( André Duval), Revelation of the Year (Doré) and Best Casting ( Nathalie Boutrie).Richard Therrien"«Alerte Amber»: enfant autiste recherché" ''Le Soleil Le Soleil ("The Sun") is the name of several newspapers: * ''Le Soleil'' (Quebec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Affaire Dumont
''L'Affaire Dumont'' is a Canadian drama film, released in 2012. Written by Danielle Dansereau based on a true story and directed by Daniel "Podz" Grou, the film stars Marc-André Grondin as Michel Dumont, a divorced young father of two who is accused of a sexual assault he did not commit.Brendan Kelly, "'It's my version of a horror film'; L'Affaire Dumont tells the 'mind-boggling' but true story of a Montreal man wrongly convicted of rape". ''Montreal Gazette'', September 10, 2012. The film's cast also includes Geneviève Brouillette, Patrick Hivon, Marilyn Castonguay, Emmanuel Schwartz, Guy Thauvette Guy Thauvette (born March 19, 1944) is a Canadian actor from Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec. He is most noted for his performance in the film '' Infiltration (Le problème d'infiltration)'', for which he was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Supporting ... and Cynthia Wu-Maheux. Accolades References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Affaire Dumont 2012 films Canadian drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compulsive Liar 2
''Compulsive Liar 2'' () is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Émile Gaudreault and released in 2025. A sequel to the 2019 film ''Compulsive Liar (Menteur)'', the film stars Anne-Élisabeth Bossé as Virginie Gauthier, a woman who frequently tells little white lies to preserve social peace and avoid hurting the feelings of the people in her life, but wakes up one day in a world where all of her lies have suddenly become the truth; she thus faces the challenge of fixing things with the help of her partner Phil (Antoine Bertrand), who luckily knows what to do because he went through it all before with his brother a few years ago. The cast also includes Véronique Le Flaguais, Catherine Chabot, Pierrette Robitaille, Luc Senay and Rémy Girard. The film opened theatrically on July 9, 2025. Sequel Gaudreault announced the launch of production on the film in April 2024.Maxime Demers"Anne-Élisabeth Bossé et Antoine Bertrand joueront dans «Menteuse», une suite de la comédie às ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farador
''Farador'' is a Canadian fantasy comedy film, directed by Édouard Albernhe Tremblay and released in 2023.Geneviève Bouchard"Farador : une joute adulescente à finir..." ''Le Soleil'', April 21, 2023. Expanded from his 2011 short film ''La Bataille de Farador'', the film centres on a group of underachieving geeks who have never grown out of their teenage obsession with Farador, a role-playing game which is essentially a fictionalized version of Dungeons & Dragons. Plot Charles (Éric K. Boulianne), Louis (Benoit Drouin-Germain) and Guillaume (Lucien Ratio) are three friends who live together as roommates in the same house, where they spend all of their free time still playing the same Farador campaign they began as teenagers; their other friend Paul (Marc-Antoine Marceau) has recently moved out of the house and abandoned the game to live with his girlfriend. When Charles's sister Kim ( Catherine Brunet), who has recently broken up with her longtime Belgian boyfriend Tom (Florent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbarians Of The Bay
''Barbarians of the Bay'' () is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Vincent Biron and released in 2019.Alex Rose"Barbarians at the gate" ''Cult MTL'', November 22, 2019. The film stars Philippe-Audrey Larrue-Saint-Jacques as Yves, a hockey player who failed at the National Hockey League level and has been reduced to playing amateur hockey in La Malbaie, Quebec. After being sidelined by an injury that has prevented him from playing in the national championship tournament in Thunder Bay, Ontario, he enlists his younger cousin Jean-Philippe (Justin Leyrolles-Bouchard), who also loves hockey but aspires to be a sports agent rather than a player, to drive him on a road trip to the tournament in an attempt to reclaim his rightful glory on the ice. According to Biron, the film was made with the intention of exploring the life trajectory of the many hockey players who don't make it to the big leagues rather than the relatively few who do. The film held an advance screening event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart Bomb
''Heart Bomb'' () is a 2019 Canadian short film, directed by Rémi St-Michel. The film stars Alexis Lefebvre as an actor who must confront his fears when a role requires him to perform a dangerous stunt. The cast also includes Brigitte Poupart, Julianne Côté, Sébastien René, Guillaume Cyr, Éric K. Boulianne, Normand Daoust, Étienne Galloy and Müller Hammadi. The film won the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2019 Quebec City Film Festival, and was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards The 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards were presented on 10 June 2020, to recognize talent and achievement in the cinema of Quebec. The planned 7 June ceremony was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but nominees were announced 23 April. Abenaki document ... in 2020. References External links * 2019 films 2019 short films Canadian drama short films French-language Canadian films 2010s Canadian films {{2010s-Canada-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compulsive Liar
''Compulsive Liar'' () is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Émile Gaudreault and released in 2019. The film stars Louis-José Houde as Simon, a man who is confronted by his family about his lifelong habit of being a compulsive liar, and denies it; but he then wakes up the next day in an alternate reality in which all of his past lies have become the truth, forcing him to correct all of his lies with the help of his brother Phil ( Antoine Bertrand) in order to reset everything back to normal. The cast also includes Véronique Le Flaguais, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Geneviève Schmidt, Catherine Chabot, Denise Filiatrault, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Luc Senay and Sonia Vachon. Reception The film premiered in theatres on July 10, 2019, and had the biggest opening weekend for a Québécois film in 2019. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Father And Guns 2
''Father and Guns 2'' () is a Canadian comedy film originating from Quebec, directed by Émile Gaudreault and released in 2017."De père en flic 2: Michel Côté, Louis-José Houde have a family reunion" '''', July 13, 2017. A sequel to the 2009 film '' Father and Guns (De père en flic)'', the film reunites Michel Côté and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prank (film)
''Prank'' is a 2016 Canadian comedy film directed by Vincent Biron. It was screened in the Discovery section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. Cast * Étienne Galloy as Stefie * Alexandre Lavigne as Martin * Constance Massicotte as Lea * Simon Pigeon as Jean-Se Awards The film was shortlisted for the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2017.André Duchesne"Manoir remporte le Prix collégial du cinéma québécois" ''La Presse is a French-language online newspaper published daily in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1884, it is now owned by an independent nonprofit trust. ' was formerly a broadsheet daily, considered a newspaper of record in Canada. Its Sunday edi ...'', March 27, 2017. References External links * 2016 films 2016 comedy films Canadian comedy films Films directed by Vincent Biron 2016 directorial debut films French-language Canadian films 2010s Canadian films 2010s French-language films {{Quebec-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
