''Duo'' is a Canadian romantic comedy film, directed by Richard Ciupka and released in 2006.Charles-Henri Ramond "Duo – Film de Richard Ciupka" ''Films du Québec'', January 30, 2009. The film stars
Anick Lemay
Anick Lemay is a Canadian comedienne, actress and restaurateur. A majority of her work is with Quebec television and Quebec cinema. Her film credits include ''Sable Island (L'Île de Sable)'', '' Cheech'', '' Thrill of the Hills (Frisson des col ...
as Pascale Lachance, a musical agent who is blindsided when her fiancé and star client Lewis Carl (
Tim Rozon
Timothy James Rozon (born June 4, 1976) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his roles as Tommy Quincy on the CTV Television Network, CTV teen drama ''Instant Star'', Mutt Schitt in the CBC Television, CBC comedy ''Schitt's Creek'', Doc Hollida ...
) betrays her. Setting on the idea of luring legendary singer-songwriter Francis Roy ( Serge Postigo) out of retirement, she discovers that rival agent Jules Simard (François Massicotte) has the same idea, only for the two rivals to fall in love with each other as they compete for Roy's contract.André Lavoie "Le plus petit dénominateur commun..." ''
Le Devoir
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'', June 16, 2006.
The cast also includes
Gildor Roy
Gildor Roy (born May 11, 1960) is a Canadian actor. Gildor is the brother of Québécois actors Luc Roy, Yvon Roy and Maxim Roy.
Biography
He is the former owner of a baseball club in the Dominican Republic, where his wife is from. Gildor ...
, Julie McClemens,
Sandrine Bisson
Sandrine Bisson (born June 22, 1975, in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Canadian actress from Quebec. She won the Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 12th Jutra Awards in 2010 for her performance in ''1981'', and was a nominee in the same cat ...
, Amélie Grenier and Mario Morin. The film's soundtrack includes several songs by Quebec rock singer Stefie Shock.
The film opened in theatres on July 16, 2006. The film was not favourably received by film critics or audiences.Arthur Tarnowski received a
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* Claude Jutra: an award-winning French Canadian filmmaker
**Jutra Award: Film awards formerly given in the Canadian province of Quebec, named after the filmmaker and now known as Prix Iris
**The Claude Jutra Awa ...
Voir
''Voir'' was a francophone alternative weekly newspaper in Montreal, Quebec, published by Communications Voir. ''Voir'' was founded by Pierre Paquet in November 1986. The first issue of the newspaper was published on 27 November 1986. Later o ...