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Carla Turcotte
Carla Turcotte is a Canadian actress. She is most noted for her performance in the film '' Sashinka'', for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actress at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards and a Prix Iris nomination for Best Actress at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards. , April 11, 2019. She has also appeared in the television series ''District 31'', '' Vertige'', '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadians
Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity and Canadian values. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vertige (TV Series)
''Vertige'' is a six-episode Canadian television miniseries, which aired on Séries+ in 2012. Written by Michelle Allen and directed by Patrice Sauvé, the series centres on the friends and family of Daphnée Roussel ( Fanny Mallette), a woman who has been in a coma since falling off the roof of the family business three months earlier."Vertige, une nouvelle production originale à Série+" '''', March 7, 2012. The series was produced by Pixcom. The cast includes Noémie Godin-Vigneau as her friend Jennifer, who wonders if the fall was a suicide attempt; |
Actresses From Quebec
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of acting pertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role", which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Film Actresses
Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity and Canadian values. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classé Secret
''Classé secret'' (English: ''Classified Secret'') is a French Canadian TV spy thriller, crime drama series, which was broadcast on Addik from March 31, 2022. The first season of ten episodes was directed by Stéphan Beaudoin and co-written by Michel D'Astous and François Pagé. Filming occurred during late 2021 for Groupe TVA and Quebecor Content. The two lead protagonists are the married secret service agents Rachel (Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin) and Émile () who investigate a fatal shooting near Montreal's American Consulate and an associated assassination attempt. Meanwhile, their fictitious agency, Secret Services of Canada (SSC), has a high-placed CIA mole. SSC boss Adrien (Andreas Apergis) suspects Rachel and orders Émile to investigate. A second season, also of ten episodes, was confirmed in September 2022, and is set 18 months after the end of season one with Beaudoin returning as director and Pagé as sole scriptwriter. Filming of episodes finishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aller Simple
''Aller Simple'' (English: ''One-way'') or ''No Return'' is a French Canadian television murder mystery series, which was broadcast from January 12, 2022. Description The first season of six episodes was directed by Yan Lanouette Turgeon, with writers , Annie Piérard and Étienne Piérard-Dansereau. The second season, ''Aller Simple – Survivre'' (English: ''One-way – Survival'') also with six episodes, was broadcast from September 13, 2023, and was directed by Rafaël Ouellet, while Dansereau, Piérard and Piérard-Dansereau returned as writers. Season one follows seven passengers, who are invited to travel by helicopter to a French-Canadian billionaire's home. En route the helicopter experiences problems and the pilot sets down in a woodland. Nearby is a cottage, where the passengers stay while the pilot attends to the 'copter and its damaged radio. Next morning one of the passengers is dead. Both seasons of ''Aller Simple'' stars Anick Lemay as detective Juliette Michau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mégantic (TV Series)
''Mégantic'' is a Canadian television drama limited series, which premiered February 9, 2023, on Club Illico. Directed by Alexis Durand-Brault and written by Sylvain Guy, the eight-episode series centres on the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster of 2013, exploring the impact of the disaster with each episode centred principally around the story of an individual person or family. The series was based on personal testimonies from residents of Lac-Mégantic about the impact of the disaster, with some characters based closely on a real individual while others are composites of multiple stories; according to Durand-Brault, the creators actually used only about 10 to 15 percent of what they had learned from talking to the residents.Rachel Watts"Nearly 10 years after rail disaster, Lac-Mégantic residents watch new series but some say it's 'too soon'" CBC News Montreal, February 7, 2023. The cast includes Lauren Hartley, Olivier Gervais-Courchesne, Catherine Paquin-Béchard, Joakim Robillard, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait-Robot
''Portrait-Robot'' or ''The Sketch Artist'' is a French Canadian television crime drama series, which premiered on Club Illico on April 15, 2021. It was broadcast on Australian network, SBS-TV's streaming service, On Demand, from December 16, 2021. The series was co-created by Sophie Lorain (who also acts) with her spouse, Alexis Durand-Brault (who also directs). The action is set in Montreal, where the titular identikit or forensic sketch artist, Ève Garance ( Rachel Graton), profiles both suspects and victims for a police investigation unit. The unit's leader, Maryse Ferron (Lorain) is assisted by veteran detective, Bernard Dupin (Rémy Girard) and rookie crime scene technician, Anthony Kamal (Adrien Bélugou). Major story arcs are generally resolved in two episodes, while background stories continue across more episodes. In October 2021, ''Portrait-Robot'' was renewed for a second season, which aired in January 2023. The third and final season aired in August 2024.https: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unité 9
''Unité 9'' (or, in English, “Unit 9”) is a Québec television series broadcast from 2012 through 2019 on Radio Canada,Josée Guimond«Téléromans: rires, larmes et hockey»("Soap operas: laughs, tears and hockey") rchive ''Le Soleil'', 25 August 2012 (accessed 15 August 2020). the CBC French-language service. Created by dramatist Danielle Trottier, the show has since 2013 been syndicated on France's TV5Monde network.Fabien«L’Unité 9 ouvre ses portes dès ce soir sur TV5Monde»("Unit 9 opens its doors from this evening on TV5Monde"), ''Critictoo,'' 28 October 2013 (accessed 15 August 2020). The 169-show series has been one of the most-watched shows in Québec, with ratings of up to two million viewersHugo Dumas«Unité 9 refusé à TVA» rchive ''La Presse'', 18 December 2012, (accessed 15 August 2020). for the 44-minute episodes. Synopsis Marie Lamontagne, a mother of two, having been convicted for attempted murder, lives in Unit 9 of Lietteville, a federal peniten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huffington Post
''HuffPost'' (''The Huffington Post'' until 2017, itself often abbreviated as ''HPo'') is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions. The site offers news, satire, blogs, and original content, and covers politics, business, entertainment, environment, technology, popular media, lifestyle, culture, comedy, healthy eating, young women's interests, and local news featuring columnists. It was created to provide a progressive alternative to conservative news websites such as the Drudge Report. The site contains its own content and user-generated content via video blogging, audio, and photo. In 2012, the website became the first commercially run United States digital media enterprise to win a Pulitzer Prize. Founded by Arianna Huffington, Andrew Breitbart, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti, the site was launched on May 9, 2005, as a counterpart to the Drudge Report. In March 2011, it was acquired by AOL for US$315 million, with Arian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
