''Françoise Durocher, Waitress'' is a 1972 Canadian dramatic television film, directed by

André Brassard André Brassard (28 August 1946 – 11 October 2022) was a Canadian stage director, filmmaker and actor, best known for staging the vast majority of Michel Tremblay's plays. He was the director of the French section of the National Arts Center f ...

. The film presents a portrait of Françoise Durocher, a waitress at a diner in

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, as portrayed by 24 different actresses and one male actor in

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over the course of seven

monologue In theatre, a monologue (also known as monolog in North American English) (in , from μόνος ''mónos'', "alone, solitary" and λόγος ''lógos'', "speech") is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoughts ...

s.François Lévesque
"«Françoise Durocher, waitress», d’André Brassard"
''

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'', May 15, 2017. The performers playing Durocher over the course of the film include Odette Gagnon,

Rita Lafontaine Rita Lafontaine (8 June 1939 – 4 April 2016) was a Canadian theatre, film, and television actor. Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. She has been described as the muse of playwright Michel Tremblay and director André Brassard. Her career span ...

, Christine Olivier, Louisette Dussault, Sophie Clément,

Luce Guilbeault Luce Guilbeault (5 March 1935 – 12 July 1991) was a Canadian actress and director from Quebec. She was one of the leading figures of Quebec repertory theatre of the 1960s and one of the most-sought actresses of Quebec cinema in the 1970s. She ...

Michelle Rossignol Michelle Rossignol, (4 February 1940 – 18 May 2020) was a Canadian film actress. She appeared in fifteen films between 1956 and 2010. She was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1991 and a Knight of the National Order of Quebec in 2 ...

, Frédérique Collin, Carmen Tremblay,

Hélène Loiselle Hélène Loiselle (March 17, 1928 – August 7, 2013) was a Canadian actress living and working in Quebec. Life She was born in Montreal and studied acting with Charlotte Boisjoli, François Rozet, and during the 1940s. Loiselle joined ...

, Amulette Garneau,

Monique Mercure Marie Lise Monique Émond (14 November 193016 May 2020), better known as Monique Mercure (), was a Canadian stage and screen actress. She was one of the country's great actors of the classical and modern repertory. In 1977, Mercure won a Cann ...

, Mirielle Lachance, Sylvie Heppel, Denise Proulx, Denise Morelle,

Ève Gagnier Ève Gagnier (November 12, 1930 – September 19, 1984) was an actress and singer in Quebec, Canada. The daughter of René Gagnier, a musician, conductor and composer, she was born in Montreal and was educated at the Conservatoire de musique d ...

, Anne-Marie Ducharme, Katerine Mousseau,

Véronique Le Flaguais Véronique Le Flaguais (born 30 November 1947) is a French actress who has acted in many Canadian productions. Her work includes a Genie Award nomination for her supporting role in '' Surviving My Mother'', '' Rumeurs'', ''Jesus of Montreal (J� ...

Angèle Coutu Angèle Coutu (born February 6, 1946) is a Canadian actress from Quebec. She is most noted for her performance in the film '' Borderline'', for which she won the Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 11th Jutra Awards in 2009, and her ...

, Denise de Jaguère, Suzelle Collette, Huguette Gervais and Normand Morin. The film won three

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at the

24th Canadian Film Awards The 24th Canadian Film Awards were held on October 3, 1972 to honour achievements in Canadian film. The CFAs had the full support of French-speaking filmmakers, with Quebec producers agreeing to join the CFA committee and share responsibility for ...

, for Best TV Drama, Best Direction in a Non-Feature (Brassard) and Best Screenplay in a Non-Feature (

Michel Tremblay Michel Tremblay (born 25 June 1942) is a Canadian writer, novelist and playwright. Tremblay was born in Montreal, Quebec, where he grew up in the French-speaking neighbourhood of Plateau Mont-Royal; at the time of his birth, a neighbourhood ...

).Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''.

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, 2000. . pp. 97-100.

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* * 1972 films 1972 short films 1972 television films Canadian drama television films National Film Board of Canada short films Films directed by André Brassard French-language Canadian films Canadian drama short films 1970s Canadian films Works by Michel Tremblay {{1970s-Canada-film-stub