''Laura Cadieux II'' () is a Canadian comedy film, directed by
Denise Filiatrault
Denise Filiatrault, (born May 16, 1931) is a Canadian actress and director.
Biography
Filiatrault attained star status on TV in the 1960s, co-starring with Dominique Michel in the Radio-Canada television series '' Moi et l'autre'' (1967–71 ...
and released in 1999. A sequel to the 1998 film '' It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C'est à ton tour, Laura Cadieux)'', the film placed the characters from the first film, which was a direct adaptation of the novel by
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 ...
, in an original story written entirely by Filiatrault.
In the film, Laura Cadieux (
Ginette Reno
Ginette Reno (born Ginette Raynault; 28 April 1946) is a Canadian people, Canadian singer, songwriter and actress. She has received nominations for the Genie Award, Genie and Gemini Awards and is a multi-recipient of the Juno Award. She is a ...
St. Lawrence River
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to celebrate Laura's 50th birthday."Laura takes a cruise: Cadieux, part deux, offers laughs, but lacks depth of original". ''
Montreal Gazette
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'', December 3, 1999. Laura is trying to fend off the advances of the ship's captain (Michel Dumont); Alice Thibodeau ( Sonia Vachon) is freely flirting with nearly all of the men on board while Albert (
Martin Drainville
Martin Drainville (born August 21, 1964) is a Canadian film and television actor and comedian from Quebec. He is best known for his role in the film '' Louis 19, le roi des ondes'', for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at ...
) is struggling to make his own feelings for her known; Lucille Bolduc (Adèle Reinhardt) is unsuccessfully trying to catch the eye of Oscar Blanchette ( Donald Pilon); Mme. Brouillette (Denise Dubois) is newly liberated from an abusive husband; and Laura's mother-in law ( Dominique Michel) is constantly tormenting Laura with her demands. Meanwhile, Laura's best friend, Mme Therrien (
Pierrette Robitaille
Pierrette Robitaille C.M. (born June 6, 1950) is a Canadian film and television actress from Quebec.
Career
Robitaille is a two-time Genie Award nominee for Best Actress, for her role as Mme Therrien in '' It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C't'à ...
), who spent the first film running around downtown Montreal after mistakenly believing Laura's young son had gotten lost, here mistakenly boards the wrong boat and spends the duration of the film on a cargo ship introducing a bunch of
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n sailors to Québécois culture.
The film received five
Genie Award
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François Dompierre
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The Globe and Mail
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'', January 30, 2001. It received three Prix Jutra nominations at the 2nd Jutra Awards, for Best Actress (2: Reno, Robitaille) and Best Art Direction (Raymond Dupuis and Suzanne Harel).