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Françoise Graton
Françoise Graton (4 June 1930 – 7 November 2014) was a Québécoise actress who lived and worked in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She contributed much to the advancement of theatre in Montreal and particularly in involvement with children. Biography After studying at the Collège Marie de France, Françoise Graton joined the Mask Company and started at a very young age on stage and on television. For a few seasons, she directed the theatre at the Percé Art Center. In 1964 she founded the Nouvelle Compagnie Théâtrale (NCT) with Georges Groulx and Gilles Pelletier, her companion in life. The Montreal company presented great works of theatre to students. Graton acted, hosted, directed and administrated the theatre for almost twenty years. In 1997, the NCT was renamed the . Graton acted in many plays, several television dramas and series, and Quebec films. In 1971 and 1982 she was named Woman of the Year by the Salon de la femme. She was recognized by the Académie québéc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. They come in four main pairs of shapes, as given in the box to the right, which also gives their names, that vary between British English, British and American English. "Brackets", without further qualification, are in British English the ... marks and in American English the ... marks. Other symbols are repurposed as brackets in specialist contexts, such as International Phonetic Alphabet#Brackets and transcription delimiters, those used by linguists. Brackets are typically deployed in symmetric pairs, and an individual bracket may be identified as a "left" or "right" bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. In casual writing and in technical fields such as computing or linguistic analysis of grammar, brackets ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chartrand Et Simonne
''Chartrand et Simonne'' is a French-Canadian biographical drama television mini-series about social activists Michel Chartrand and Simonne Monet. The series lasted for a total of twelve episodes, with the first six airing in 2000 on Radio-Canada and the remaining six in 2003 on Télé-Québec (re-titled as ''Simonne et Chartrand''). The series was directed by Alain Chartrand, one of the couple's sons. Plot The series recounts the life of Michel Chartrand and Simonne Monet, a couple who fought for social change and justice. We witness the battles they face all the while trying to raise a family. From the moment they first meet to Monet's death, decades of activism is outlined, all of which had a significant impact on Quebec society. Main cast * Luc Picard as Michel Chartrand * Geneviève Rioux as Simonne Monet-Chartrand * Raymond Bouchard as Amédée Monet * Muriel Dutil as Berthe Monet * Marie-Lyse Laberge-Forest as Marie Chartrand * Guillaume Legault as Alain Chartrand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 Births
Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be on January 1, 2257, at . * January 26 – The Indian National Congress declares this date as Independence Day, or as the day for Purna Swaraj (Complete Independence). * January 28 – The first patent for a field-effect transistor is granted in the United States, to Julius Edgar Lilienfeld. * January 30 – Pavel Molchanov launches a radiosonde from Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg, Slutsk in the Soviet Union. February * February 10 – The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launch the Yên Bái mutiny in the hope of ending French Indochina, French colonial rule in Vietnam. * February 18 – While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh confirms the existence of Pluto, a celestial body considered a planet until redefined as a dwarf planet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groupe Gesca
Gesca Limitée is a division of the Power Corporation of Canada, which published French-language daily newspapers in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario. Gesca has since 2013 responded to the Internet challenge by expanding its free online services, which it supports through advertising.Gaëtan Tremblay, "iPublish or perish: challenges facing the Québec press in the digital age," ''Media, Culture & Society'' (Jan 2015) 37#1 pp 144-151. All of the company's publications, including '' Le Soleil'' in Quebec City Quebec City is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Census Metropolitan Area (including surrounding communities) had a populati ... and ''Le Droit'' in Ottawa, were sold to in 2015. The only publication that was retained by Gesca at the time, ''La Presse (Canadian newspaper), La Presse'' in Montreal, became an independent non-profit in 2018. See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Presse (Canadian Newspaper)
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 edition was discontinued in 2009, and the weekday edition in 2016. The weekend Saturday printed edition was discontinued on 31 December 2017, turning ' into an entirely online newspaper. Audience and sections ' is published on its website, .ca, as well as on its mobile and tablet apps, and ''La Presse+''. The newspaper targets an educated, middle-class readership. Its main competitors are two Montreal print dailies, the tabloid-format ', which aims at a more populist audience, and the more left-leaning broadsheet . ' comprises several sections, dealing individually with arts, sports, business and economy and other themes. Its Saturday print edition (now discontinued) contained over 10 sections. The newspaper's archives from 2000 to 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Days Of Darkness (2007 Canadian Film)
''Days of Darkness'' (), also known as ''The Age of Ignorance'', is a 2007 black comedy-drama film written and directed by Denys Arcand and starring Marc Labrèche, Diane Kruger and Sylvie Léonard. Presented as the third part of Arcand's loose trilogy also consisting of '' The Decline of the American Empire'' (1986) and ''The Barbarian Invasions'' (2003), it was followed by a fourth film with similar themes, '' The Fall of the American Empire'' (2018). The film follows a depressed québecois bureaucrat who, feeling insignificant, retreats into a fantasy world. The film was screened out of competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. It was nominated for four Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture, and was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Plot Jean-Marc Leblanc is a bureaucrat and a once passionate supporter of the Quebec sovereignty movement. His wife, Sylvie, and daughters are no longer interested in him. At work, he is repeatedly b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Providence (Quebec TV Series)
''Providence'' is a Canadian French language drama television series which aired on Ici Radio-Canada Télé from January 4, 2005 to November 22, 2011. Plot Taking place in the fictional town of Providence in the Eastern Townships, the series focuses on the Beauchamp family and their cheese-making enterprise that was part of the Beauchamp family for three generations. The series also focuses on Édith Beauchamp, a businesswoman who is currently head of the company. Cast * Monique Mercure : ''Édith Beauchamp'' * Bernard Fortin : ''Pierre Lavoie'' * Hugo Dubé : ''Bertrand Lavoie'' * Sonia Vigneault : ''Hélèna Beauchamp'' * Patrice Godin : ''Luc Lavoie'' * Marie-Joanne Boucher : ''Marie-Ève Lavoie'' * Isabelle Vincent : ''Diane Bourgeois'' * Ève Lemieux Ève is a French given name, the counterpart to the English name Eve (name), Eve and the Latinate Eva (name), Eva. Notable people with this name include: People * Ève Angeli, French musician * Ève Bazaiba, a member of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tin Flute (film)
''The Tin Flute'' () is a 1983 Canadian drama film directed by Claude Fournier and based on the Gabrielle Roy novel of the same name. The film was co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada's French-language branch, Ciné St-Henri Inc., and Société Radio-Canada, the French-language branch of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 56th Academy Awards, but it was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * as Florentine Lacasse * Pierre Chagnon as Jean * Michel Forget as Azarius Lacasse * Marilyn Lightstone as Rose-Anna Lacasse * Charlotte Laurier as Yvonne * Thuryn Pranke as Philippe * Thomas Hellman as Daniel * Martin Neufeld as Emmanuel * Linda Sorgini as Marguerite * Dennis O'Connor as Phil Morin * Howard Ryshpan as Docteur Katz See also * Lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal is the List of towns in Quebec, largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Quebec, the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest in Canada, and the List of North American cities by population, ninth-largest in North America. It was founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", and is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked mountain around which the early settlement was built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal and a few, much smaller, peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital, Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census geographic units of Canada#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. French l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terre Humaine
''Terre humaine'' (Human Earth) is a French-Canadian soap opera TV series written by Mia Riddez which originally aired on Radio-Canada from September 18, 1978 to June 4, 1984, totalling 229 episodes. Plot The show takes place in rural Quebec and explores the lives of the Jacquemins, a family of farmers. At the center of it is Léandre "Pépère" Jaquemin, the elder of the family, his son Antoine and his spouse Jeanne, who are witnesses to the difficulties their children and their friends face, all of which builds scenes for a good novel. Cast * Guy Provost as Antoine Jacquemin * Marjolaine Hébert as Jeanne Jacquemin * Jean Duceppe as Léandre Jacquemin * Raymond Legault as Jean-François Jacquemin * Sylvie Léonard as Annick Jacquemin * Jean-Jacques Desjardins as Martin Jacquemin * Dorothée Berryman as Berthe Jacquemin-Dantin * Denyse Chartier as Élisabeth Demaison * Alain Gélinas as Michel Jacquemin * Serge Turgeon as Laurent Dantin * Louis De Santis as Jonas Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Famille Plouffe
''La famille Plouffe'' was a Canadian television drama, more specifically a téléroman, about a Quebec City family that first aired in the French language on Société Radio-Canada in 1953. The show was created to fill a void in francophone television in Canada. Whereas the English Canadian television branch of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation could broadcast English-language shows from American stations, the francophone component of the CBC, Radio-Canada had to develop its own programs for French Canadian viewers from the earliest days of television in Canada. This show was one of the few that helped to launch the téléroman genre of programming in French Canada, around the same time the first telenovelas aired in Latin America. The series was also broadcast live in English as ''The Plouffe Family'' on CBC Television the following year and ran on both networks until 1959. The series was revived in the 1980s as a miniseries. The series was based on the novel '' Les Plou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
