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Gabriel Arcand
Gabriel Arcand (born June 4, 1949) is a Canadian actor. He is the brother of film director Denys Arcand. Career After studying philosophy at McGill University, Arcand spent his formative professional years at La Criée in Marseille, France, and later in Poland where he studied theatre. Since he made his 1973 screen debut in his brother's first feature, '' La Maudite Galette'', he established himself as Quebec’s iconic strong, silent type and has given subtle but powerful performances in a wide range of films such as '' Réjeanne Padovani'', ''Les Plouffe'', ''Le Crime d’Ovide Plouffe'', ''Le Déclin de l’empire américain'', ''Post Mortem'' and '' Congorama''. He won the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's award for Best Actor at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985 for his performance in '' The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe)'' and at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014 for '' The Dismantling (Le Démantèlement)'', and the award for Best Suppor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Screen Award For Best Supporting Actor
The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role to the best performance by a supporting actor in a Canadian film.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . The award was first presented in 1970 by the Canadian Film Awards, and was presented annually until 1978 with the exception of 1974 due to the cancellation of the awards that year. From 1980 until 2012, the award was presented as part of the Genie Awards ceremony; since 2013, it has been presented as part of the new Canadian Screen Awards. In August 2022, the Academy announced that it will discontinue its past practice of presenting gendered awards for film and television actors and actresses; beginning with the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023, gender-neutral awards for Best Performance will be presented, with eight nominees per category instead of five.Joseph Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Machine Age (film)
''The Machine Age'' () is a 1977 Canadian short drama television film directed by Gilles Carle. The film stars Gabriel Arcand as Hervé, a police officer who is sent to Senneterre to capture escaped prisoner Claude, only to discover that the prisoner, whom he had expected to be a man, is actually a young woman ( Sylvie Lachance). The film was nominated for several Canadian Film Awards at the 29th Canadian Film Awards in 1978. Carle won the Award for Best Direction, Dramatic Non-Feature as well as the Best Screenplay (Non-Feature). The film is shot entirely in color. Arcand and Lachance were also nominated for the Best Actor and Best Actress in a Non-Feature film respectively. Willie Lamothe won the Best Supporting Performer in a Non-Feature award for his role in this film. The film also won the award for the Best Art Direction in a Non-Feature film. Cast * Gabriel Arcand Gabriel Arcand (born June 4, 1949) is a Canadian actor. He is the brother of film director Denys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Tougas
''Little Tougas'' () is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Jean-Guy Noël and released in 1976. Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 128. The film stars Claude Maher as Rémi Tougas, a musician who is hiding out in the Magdalen Islands with his girlfriend Odette ( Micheline Lanctôt) after stealing his band's payment from a gig; they plan to further escape to California with Odette's friend Gilberte (Suzanne Garceau), but their plans are complicated when Rémi's bandmate Martin ( Gilbert Sicotte) arrives to recover the money. The cast also includes Louise Forestier, Jean-Louis Millette, Guy L'Écuyer and Gabriel Arcand. Carmel Dumas of '' Cinema Canada'' praised the film, writing that it demonstrated "that a very good young cinema is hard on the heels of the Carles and the Jutras of Quebec's film community."Carmel Dumas, "Jean-Guy Noël's Ti-Cul Tougas". '' Cinema Canada'', February 1977. The film won the Prix L.-E.-Ouimet-Molson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gina (film)
''Gina'' is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, directed by Denys Arcand and released in 1975. The film stars Celine Lomez as Gina, a stripper who, after being rape Rape is a type of sexual assault involving sexual intercourse, or other forms of sexual penetration, carried out against a person without consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority, or against a person ...d in a motel room, hires two criminal thugs to exact her revenge on the rapists.Gilles Marsolais, "Un cinéma au temps présent". ''24 images'', No. 91 (1998), p. 6-7. Synopsis Three parallel story lines draw an exploited hotel stripper (Lomez) who is sent to work a small Quebec town, a drunken gang of hell-raising snowmobilers, and a film crew attempting to shoot a political documentary about exploited textile workers (echoing Denys Arcand's own NFB-banned documentary ''On est au coton''), together into a mixture of action, violence against women, and film as a politica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Are Warm, You Are Warm
''You Are Warm, You Are Warm'' (, lit. "You Are Burning, You Are Burning") is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jean-Guy Noël and released in 1973. Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 245. The film stars Gabriel Arcand as Gabriel, a young man who grew up as the son of a firefighter ( Guy L'Écuyer) in a small town in Quebec, but rejects the social expectation that he will follow his father into the same profession, and starts living as a virtual hermit in the forest until moving to Montreal in search of something more for himself. The cast also includes Louise Francoeur, Raymond Lévesque, Serge Thériault, Marie Eykel, Janine Lebel, Pierre Curzi, Julien Poulin, François Boulerice, Arlette Couture, Dominique Chartrand, Georges Laterreur, Émile Couture, Robert Gagnon, Laurianne Laterreur, Katia Nelson, Germain St-Louis, Jacques Paquet, Yves Soutière, Alain Soutière, Victorin Paillé, Jean-Jacques Trudel, Nicole Trudel and Paul Vincent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne (1980 Film)
''Suzanne'' is a 1980 Canadian drama film directed by Robin Spry."Suzanne – Film de Robin Spry" ''Films du Québec''. It was written by Spry and Ronald Sutherland as an adaptation of Sutherland's 1971 novel ''Snow Lark''. The film stars Jennifer Dale as Suzanne McDonald, a woman in an unhappy marriage who becomes pregnant after an extramarital affair with a gangster who has just been sent to prison. The cast also includes , Winston Rekert, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2nd Genie Awards
The 2nd Genie Awards were held March 12, 1981, honouring Canadian films released in 1980. Jay Scott, "Genie nominations released". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 10, 1981. The ceremony, which was broadcast live by the CBC, was held at the Royal Alexandra Theatre and was hosted by television host Brian Linehan. Jay Scott, "Les Bons débarras sweeps the Genies". ''The Globe and Mail'', March 13, 1981. The most notable sight of the evening was Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau escorting starlet Kim Cattrall; the moment received renewed media attention in March 2016 when ''60 Minutes'', in a profile of Justin Trudeau, ran a photo of the appearance while mis-identifying Cattrall as Margaret Trudeau. The films '' Good Riddance (Les Bons débarras)'' nd ''Tribute'' tied for the most nominations overall. ''Les bons débarras'' won most of the major awards, including Best Picture. For the first time, screenings for academy members were held in western Canada, in Edmonton and Vancouv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Post Mortem (1999 Film)
''Post Mortem'' is a 1999 Canadian drama film directed by Louis Bélanger. at 's Canadian Film Encyclopedia. The film won two , including Best Actress for Moreau. Cast *Gabriel Arcand
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20th Genie Awards
The 20th Genie Awards were held on January 30, 2000, by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, to honour films released in 1999. The ceremony aired live on CBC Television, and a post-event highlights show aired on Radio Canada.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . pp. 117-199. Eyebrows were raised when the nominations were dominated by 21 foreign artists; the academy had eliminated an old ruling that prevented foreign talent in minority Canadian co-productions from being eligible for Genie awards. With 152 nominees in total, there was no imbalance, but the fact that the foreign-artist nominations dominated the performance categories bothered many, and raised questions about whether or not the Genies were fulfilling their role of recognizing Canadian achievement and promoting Canadian talent.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Plouffe Family (film)
''The Plouffe Family'' () is a 1981 Canadian drama film, based on Roger Lemelin's novel about the titular Plouffe family, set during World War II. ''Films du Québec'', March 9, 2009. The film was Canada's submission to the in 1981, but was not shortlisted as a nominee for the award. Production Roger Lemelin was paid $250,000 to write the script. The film was shot from 19 August to 5 December 1980, on a budget of $4.8 million () with $25 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |