''Bach and Broccoli'' () is a 1986 Canadian

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directed by

André Melançon André Melançon (February 18, 1942 - August 23, 2016) was a Canadians, Canadian actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for directing and writing several installments in the Tales for All series of children's films. Career The versatil ...

. It is the third film in the '' Tales for All'' series of children's and family films."Demers' reputation remains intact with Bach and Broccoli". ''

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'', March 7, 1987. The film stars Mahée Paiement as Fanny, a young orphan girl living with her uncle (Raymond Legault), who is named Jean-Claude in the French version and Jonathan in the English. Her uncle, an accountant and amateur classical musician, pays little attention to her as he is obsessed with practicing the music of

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on his organ for an upcoming music competition; Fanny, meanwhile, takes advantage of his negligence to collect a menagerie of animals beginning with her pet

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Broccoli/Bottine. The situation eventually draws the attention of the local child services, who threaten to remove Fanny from the home to place her with a new foster family. At the 8th Genie Awards in 1987,

Andrée Pelletier Andrée Pelletier (born August 24, 1951) is a Canadian actress, screenwriter and film director. As an actress, she is a five-time Canadian Film Award and Genie Award nominee, receiving nominations for Best Actress at the 29th Canadian Film Awards ...

garnered a

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nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Bérénice. '' Miss Boots (Mlle Bottine)'', a remake of the film directed by

Yan Lanouette Turgeon Yan Lanouette Turgeon is a Canadian film and television director from Quebec. He is most noted as a two-time winner of the Gémeaux Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Series, winning in 2016 for ''Unité 9'' and in 2017 for ''L'Imposteur''. ...

and written by

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, was released in 2024.Maxime Demers
"Critique de «Mlle Bottine»: voici pourquoi ce film est un petit bijou"
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'', November 28, 2024.

Cast's

* Mahée Paiement * Raymond Legault * Denis Bernard * Andrée Pelletier

References

External links

* 1986 films 1986 children's films 1986 comedy films 1980s Canadian films 1980s children's comedy films 1980s French-language films Canadian children's comedy films Films about pets Films about skunks Films directed by André Melançon French-language Canadian films Films shot in Quebec City {{1980s-Canada-film-stub